Synopsys
Calibre Integration to Synopsys Tools
Synopsys® Custom Designer® to Calibre® Interactive™ and Calibre RVE™ .
Synopsys Custom Designer provides the ability to call batch Calibre through the standard interfaces. This integration is built and maintained by Synopsys, and documented in the Synopsys Custom Designer user manual.
Synopsys IC Compiler (ICC) to Calibre Interactive and Calibre RVE
Mentor Graphics maintains the standard interfaces between Synopsys IC Compiler and Calibre Interactive and Calibre RVE. Instructions for this installation are in the “Synopsys IC Compiler” section of Appendix A in the Calibre Interactive and Calibre RVE user’s manual. Once installed, the interface enables the user to run Calibre at any stage during P&R. Users can choose to stream out to GDSII or OASIS, or use the Milkyway read capability.
"How To" with Calibre
Quick solutions to common questions
Calibre to Milkyway™
Calibre can read and write to Milkyway. This interface allows the user to launch Calibre jobs directly on the Milkyway database without first opening the design in ICC. This interface uses the standard ICC TCL interface to open and stream the layout data directly to Calibre without creating intermediate files on disk. This capability is available with batch Calibre and through Calibre Interactive.
Synopsys Laker™ Custom Design
Synopsys Laker Custom Design environment provides both the standard Calibre interfaces and Calibre RealTime for complete signoff support during the entire design flow.
- Standard Calibre Interfaces
Synopsys builds and maintains the standard interfaces to Calibre, including invocation and both layout and schematic highlighting. The interface is on by default and is documented in the standard Laker manuals. - Calibre RealTime
Calibre RealTime is integrated with Synopsys Laker, providing the full power of Calibre signoff during physical implementation. The Calibre RealTime interface is built and maintained by Mentor Graphics and is documented in the Calibre RealTime manual.
Synopsys StarRC™ extraction to Calibre LVS
Customers who want to use Synopsys StarRC extraction with Calibre LVS can achieve this using an interface built and maintained by Synopsys, documented in the StarRC manuals.
Integration Examples
Calibre Interactive for DRC with Synopsys Laker3 (Click to view larger diagram)
Calibre RVE for DRC with Synopsys Laker3 (Click to view larger diagram)
Calibre RVE for LVS with Synopsys Laker3 (Click to view larger diagram)
Calibre RealTime with Synopsys Laker3 (Click to view larger diagram)
Calibre Interactive with Synopsys ICC (Click to view larger diagram)
Calibre RVE for DRC with Synopsys ICC (Click to view larger diagram)
Calibre RVE for LVS with Synopsys ICC (Click to view larger diagram)
Products
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Calibre Interactive
The Calibre Interactive™ invocation GUI provides users with fast and easy access to the Calibre® tool suite, enabling designers to perform physical verification and parasitic extraction from within their familiar IC design environment.
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Calibre RVE
Calibre RVE™ provides a graphical results viewing environment that can be used with all Calibre tools and popular design layout tools to reduce debug time by visually identifying design errors instantly in the user’s own design environment.
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Calibre RealTime
Calibre RealTime enables on-demand Calibre sign-off design rule checking (DRC) for custom and analog/mixed-signal design flows, improving both design speed and the quality of results by providing immediate feedback on design rule violations and recommended rule compliance.
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Calibre nmLVS
Calibre nmLVS™, the industry-leading physical verification tool for layout vs. schematic comparison combines accurate circuit verification with fast runtimes and interactive debugging.
Calibre Interface Partners
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