Chip design: Faster and simpler automatic VLSI layout creator

SoC design software vendor Pulsic developed automated layout software for transistor-level layout-design for complex VLSI design, which the company claims as better than manual-quality checked layout. The product called Pulsic Animate is automated layout system delivering multiple layouts from a schematic diagram by using automatic constraint extraction and also does place and route concurrently. Animate saves VLSI design engineer from manual constraint entry and management by automatically generating constraint based netlist topology and analysis. Animate derives different variations of layout designs by using a patented technology called polymorphic layout with a database and algorithmic architecture. Animate is said to create DRC/LVS-correct layouts in minutes. By using this tool, VLSI designers can generate layouts at a fraction of time compared to the manual-quality layout option, according to Pulsic. This tool also makes parasitics available for simulation early in the design due to faster layout creation. Animate does the place and route tasks simultaneously by using polymorphic layout, and generates all the possible layouts and solutions and skip those that does not fit designer's criteria, so that the best layout is only selected. “As geometries shrink, and as leading-edge processes such as FinFETS reach the market, manual analog design is no longer s...