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Tools Available at VLSI Lab

	Digital IC Design using FPGA
Vendor	HDL Simulation	Synthesis	Place and Route	FPGA
Cadence	Nclaunch(NCVHDL, NCVERILOG) Verilog XL, Leapfrog			---------------
Mentor Graphics	ModelSim	Leonardo Spectrum		Any FPGA Vendor
Xilinx	Xilinx Foundation Series ---------------------------------------->			Xilinx only
Altera	Quartus II -------------------------------------------------------->			Altera only

ASIC Design using SCL, Chandigarh Process Design Kit (PDK)
Vendor	Simulation	Synthesis	Place & Route	Layout	gdsil => FAB o/p => IC

Cadence	Nclaunch (NCVHDL, NCVERILOG) Verilog XL, Leapfrog(VHDL)	Ambit Builgates, RTL Compiler	Silicon Ensemble, Nano encounter, CeltIC crosstalk analyzer	DIVA Verification suite, Spectre SPICE Simulator	SCL, Chandigarh
Mentor Graphics	ModelSim	Leonardo Spectrum

Analog IC Design using NCSU CDK and SCL PDK
Vendor	Circuit Simulation	Layout Verification&Extraction	Output

Cadence	Spectre (SPICE) Simulator	DIVA Verification Suite	GDSII to Foundry
Berkeley University	SPICE

*Windows version of SPICE3 is also available.
#Allegro PCB design tool from cadence is also available.

Kits Available

Universal FPGA Trainer System

Xilinx Spartran XC2S50(+dsp code composer support available)

Xilinx Spartran XC2S50

Altera ACEX EP1K50QC208 -3

Altera FLEX EPF10K20Rc240 -A

Silicon Microsystems Kit

Xilinx XC9572(CPLD)

Xilinx XC4003EP(FPGA)