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Introduction

The Alliance package is the result of a ten years effort spent at the LIP6 Laboratory (formerly MASI) of the Pierre et Marie Curie University (UPMC), in Paris. During these years, our major goal was to provide our undergraduate and graduate students with a complete CAD framework, designed to assist them in digital VLSI CMOS course. The Architecture team at LIP6 focuses its activity on two key issues: computer architectures using high complexity ASICs, and innovative CAD tools for VLSI design. Strong interaction exists between the people working on computer architectures and the one working on CAD tools. The main CAD action aims at fulfilling both the needs of experienced designers by providing practical answers to state-of-the-art problems (logic synthesis, procedural generation, layout verification, test and interoperability), and novice designers, by providing a simple and consistent set of tools. Our VLSI design flow is therefore based on both advanced CAD tools that are not available within commercial CAD systems, such as functional abstraction or static timing analysis, and standard design/validation tools.

Alliance VLSI CAD System is free software. Binaries, source code and cells libraries are freely available under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL). You are welcome to use the software package even for commercial designs whithout any fee. You are just required to mention : "Designed with Alliance © LIP6/Université Pierre et Marie Curie". For any questions please mail to : alliance-support@asim.lip6.fr.



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