Expert and its Competitors
Cadence Virtuoso, Tanner L-Edit, Springsoft Laker, Jedat Alpha-SX
Expert is a high performance hierarchical layout editor with full editing capability, large capacity and fast layout viewing. Expert can be used in place of Virtuoso, L-Edit, Laker and Alpha-SX and provides the following key features:
- Expert is integrated with layout verification tools Guardian DRC / LVS and
Hipex for parasitic RC extraction.
- JavaScript for layout automation, parameterized cells (Pcells), custom
editing commands.
- Expert supports the (OA ) OpenAccess database format and interoperable
process design kits (iPDKs).
- Seamless integration with third-party industry standard layout verification
tools (Calibre) allows the user to browse and debug DRC errors.
- DRC Assist warning about potential rule violations before they are created
through distance display.
- Hierarchical LVL (layout vs. layout comparison).
- Imports designs from SmartSpice and other spice netlists like
HSPICE and SPECTRE, or work with Gateway to perform
( SDL ) Schematic-Driven-Layout flow.
- Flight Lines guide user on where to wire.
- Node Probing feature traces physical net connectivity through all levels of
hierarchy.
- Interactive Short Locator helps to identify short errors to ensure
LVS-correct layout results.
- Edit-in-Place.
- Cross-Sectional Viewer.
- PDKs are available for leading foundry processes from TSMC, UMC,
Jazz/TOWER, X-Fab, Austriamicrosystems, MOSIS, AMI and others.
Cadence Virtuoso, Tanner L-Edit, Springsoft Laker, and Jedat Alpha-SX are trademarks of their respective owners.