Springsoft integrates Edxact's post-layout analysis tool

PARIS — On the eve of the Design Automation & Test in Europe Conference, from March 8 to 12, 2010, in Dresden, Germany, edXact SA (Grenoble, France) said it has integrated its Comanche post-layout analysis tool into the Laker design environment from SpringSoft Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

By integrating Edxact's tool into Springsoft's Laker environment for analog, mixed-signal, memory and custom IC design, partners claimed that designers can "quickly determine the accurate value of the resistance of a complex path while designing."

Such integration also enables to "quickly pinpoint interconnect related problems with very high precision," partners added.

Edxact said Comanche post-layout analysis tool addresses problems related to interconnect parasitics. It reads netlists in standard formats (DSPF, SPEF) and analyzes parasitic networks.

Comanche can be run in batch mode for large post-layout verification runs. It can also be used in interactive mode, the French EDA startup noted.