Golf Pcell Products

GOLF (Geometric Object Layout Formula) is a production proven OpenAccess-based layout editor adopted by well-known companies since 2007. GOLF features powerful layout editing functions, intuitive GUI, flexible customization and extension with TCL/Perl/Python. It provides PCell Designer, a next generation interoperable PCell design environment that covers from PCell design, debugging, testing, to documentation.

PCell Designer Brochure

PCDesigner let user can choose to define GOLF PCell objects by GUI or Perl/Python/TCL API. Then the objects are stored into OA database and completely get rid of the language issue. An evaluation engine accesses the required data through the OA database. This unique approach makes GOLF PCell can be very easily put into existing design flow because we don’t force you to choose a new language.

Benefits

Friendly GUI visualized design environment: no program skills needed.
User-defined object with customized Perl/Python/TCL and C++.

Fast C++ evaluation, no caching needed.

It reuses existing layout shapes/instances and resembles manual layout steps.

Multiple scripting languages for user customization and 100% replay-able running log.

The simplest and fastest way for you to realize the PCell idea.

General Layout Editor Brochure

GLE with innovated core technologies, form into a speedy and efficient traditional geometry layout tool. GLE provides simple, sensible, speedy facilities. Especially the innovated techniques of on-line compaction and real-time layout revision, which can effectively handle the dynamic design rules of the nanometer process.

Benefits

Fully customizable tool-icons and bind-keys are all designed within dock window to increase individual productivity.

High performance hierarchy tree browser enables user easy to explore the extremely large SOC layout design fluently.

Real time rules guide increases productivity by eliminating the error during layout construction, min rule violations are flagged while editing the layout design.

Multiple-window management easy correspond and manipulation of cell-views.

Observer based GUI display provides an instantaneous response for the database change.

Fast Hierarchical Net Tracing and fly line enable user to trace the connectivity easily and efficiently.

Supports Perl/Python/TCL Scripting languages for experts and 100% replay-able running log.

Intuitive user interface with ease of customization and usability.

OpenAccess database provides an interoperability platform.