gpdk

hai all,

i am new to cadence generic pdk, for what process
( 1 micron or 0.8 micron like that )is the gpdk meant for.

what the generic in the sense ?

needed your aid

regards

selvakumar

 

test

 

And for what foundry?

The _g_enecir _p_rocess _d_esign _k_it is
not for a specific technology neither for a specific foundry.
Generic in that sense means universal.
The gdpk shows how a process design kit could look like
and what you get form Cadence if you choose a process
design kit for a specific technology and foundry.

Bernd

 

https://pdk.cadence.com/home.do

 

Bernd is (as usual), correct.

Pick up industry process design kits at either the foundry or at the
Cadence web site referenced above.

The generic design kits are no longer shipped with the DFII software
(and have not been for a few years now). They are now incorporated into
complete kit development environments which are better explained on the
existing Cadence web site (www.cadence.com) or the CDN-Live users'
forum (www.cdnlive.com). All of this was explained in great detail in
the September Cadence CDN-Live conference (formerly the Cadence User
Group) in San Jose, California.

All you need to do is speak to your local sales team to become more
aquainted with Cadence's leadership focus in this arena.

To answer the specific process-node question ...

Cadence currently owns at least two generic complete design kits (CDK),
one at 180nm and one at 90nm. A complete design kit includes more than
a process design kit. A complete design kit includes everything you
need to design the targeted chip using the targeted tools and
methodology. A CDK includes, therefore, all the library elements,
process files, technology files, pcells, standard cells, cdb
primitives, OpenAccess primitives, timing information, parastic
information, tool-specific technology files, etc. that one would need
to design a targeted AMS chip using the specified documented and
supported methodology.

In sumary, if you are looking for an industry process design kit, go to
the foundry or pdk.cadence.com web sites. Go to the library vendors for
the standard cell libraries, memory compilers, io pads, etc. If you're
looking for the Cadence generic CDKs, talk to your sales team and read
the copious kit information on the Cadence and CDNLive web sites.

 

"summary" (not sumary) .... typo