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To: Richard H. who wrote (161)	8/26/1998 11:23:00 PM
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pubs.cmpnet.com A service of Semiconductor Business News, CMP Media Inc. Story posted at 11:30 a.m. EDT/8:30 a.m. PDT, 8/26/98 LSI Logic uses physical synthesis tools to speed design of cell layouts MILPITAS, Calif. -- LSI Logic Corp. here said today it has signed a three-year license agreement with Cadabra Design Technology Inc. for Cadabra's Classic-SC cell layout software. LSI is using Cadabra's standard cell physical synthesis tool to automatically create multiple standard cell libraries. "Using 30 copies of Classic-SC, we expect to be able to spin our entire cell library of more than 1,500 cells in 48 hours on a farm of workstations," said Thomas Daniel, vice president of ASIC technology at LSI Logic. "The market is changing. We need the ability to create more cells--and application-specific variations of the cells--for different market segments. Classic-SC enables us to perform extensive experimentation and application targeting." Daniel said LSI Logic ran several benchmarks and found that the Cadabra tools offered a higher degree of automation. Classic is a suite of physical synthesis tools that automate the transistor-level layout of integrated circuits and thus greatly speed the production of quality layouts. "LSI invented the ASIC market, and now they are reinventing it by elevating library development to the next level," said Martin Lefebvre, president and CEO of Cadabra, Santa Clara, Calif. "As a system-on-chip leader, LSI sees the value in rapidly resynthesizing the layout of the entire cell library, using Classic-SC to explore architectural tradeoffs and meet the needs of diverse end markets."