The OpenAccess Applications Programming Interface (API) and reference database is fast becoming the database of choice for today’s IC design and enables interoperability between various EDA tools. At the same time, OASIS is the emerging standard for layout and mask IC data representation. It is gaining significant popularity over the current GDSII format because OASIS files are typically 10-25X smaller than comparable GDSII files.
In the chasm between design and manufacturing, an entire new generation of EDA tools is emerging to address the domain of Design-For-Manufacturing (DFM). In order to take maximal advantage of the best each domain has to offer, it is best for these two data formats to co-exist, and not have to incur huge penalties for to-and-fro translation.
SoftJin’s Bi-directional OpenAccess to OASIS Translator enables direct conversion of design files from the OpenAccess database to OASIS and OASIS back to OpenAccess, without going through any intermediate format, such as GDSII.
Key Advantages:
•Cuts down conversion time of OpenAccess to OASIS and vice-versa by half as compared to the conventional approach of going through an intermediate format like GDSII.
•Minimizes storage space during conversion - Intermediate GDSII can cause the data size to explode by more than an order of magnitude or more. The direct conversion avoids this data size explosion.
•Prevents any loss of information during the conversion process - The process of translation through intermediate GDSII format may cause loss of information during the translation process as GDSII does not support some of the features available both in OASIS and OpenAccess. Direct conversion avoids such loss of information.
Other Features of Bi-directional OpenAccess to OASIS Translator
• The Translator chooses the most efficient data representation for each of the formats during translation process, thus resulting in smaller design file size.
•A built-in validation scheme allows users to gain confidence in the correctness of translation process.
•The translator has the ability to quantize curves (like arcs and ellipses) with user-controlled parameters allows users to approximate data in translated format for the set of constructs that is not supported in both formats.
For further information and for a free 30 day trial of Bi-directional OpenAccess to OASIS Translator, please contact us at sales@softjin.com. You could also call us at (408) 773-1714 in the US or 91-80-41779999 in India.
