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Hi Guys, Are there any free IC Design software packages?

April 26, 2017design Free guys IC Packages Software

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Hi Guys, Are there any free IC Design software packages?

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MG and Cadence are too expensive. Thanks. Reply With Quote View Profile 06-04-10 09:51 #2 keith1200rs Super Moderator Awards: Join Date Oct 2009 Location Yorkshire, UK Posts 4,179 Helped 928 / 928 Points 30,961 Level 42 Cheap/free IC Design software Magic and Electric are open source free ones. LASI is a layout tool and is free. There are various free or low cost Spice simulators such as Winspice. The demo versions of some packages can be quite useful e.g. SIMetrix free version is only limited by circuit size, not function: http://www.simetrix.co.uk/site/downloads/download.htm Keith. Confused? You soon will be! Reply With Quote View Profile 06-04-10 16:40 #3 dick_freebird Advanced Member level 4 Join Date Mar 2008 Location USA Posts 1,178 Helped 246 / 246 Points 9,070 Level 22 Cheap/free IC Design software The real question is, “Where are the free foundry PDKs?”. Because you can make whatever kind of polygon stew you want, but it comes to nothing if you can’t get it onto the reticle (a