EE 5301: VLSI Design Automation I

Useful Links

Compaq's JCAT: allows users to run a number of algorithms in their web browsers and visualize the progress of the program.
CAD Applets demonstrating how some algorithms work.
SGI's Standard Template Library (click on the "Index" link. "Table of contents" is very useful too).
Microsoft MSDN library (If you don't know where to go, type "fopen" in the "Search for" textbox and click "GO" for normal C functions, and then navigate using the tree on the left. For STL documentation, search for "vector::push_back".)
Books on STL and templtes (thanks to Arvind Karandikar @ U of M for suggesting thebooks):
- Nicolai M. Josuttis, “The C++ Standard Library: A Tutorial and Reference”, Addison-Wesley, 1999, ISBN: 0-201-37926-0.
- David Vanevoorde and Nicolai M. Josuttis, “C++ Templates, the Complete Guide”, Addison-Wesley, 2003, ISBN: 0-201-73484-2.
The Art of Unix Programming: http://catb.org/~esr/writings/taoup/html/

Berkeley's SIMPLer (click on the SIMPL-er link): generates cross-sections of IC chips given a fabrication process.
To run the applet, choose "CMOS Inverter" from the listbox, and press "Start", and finally the "Caclulate Cross-Section" button. You can use the horizontal scroll bar to navigate through different stages of fabrication and press "Caclulate Cross-Section" to see the result.