[Magic-dev] Re: A question on technology files

[R. Timothy Edwards]

Dear Vinay,

> My name is Vinay Chinta and I'm a student of Rochester Institute of 
> technology, New York. I'm working on a project which needs a 45nm or 
> 65nm DRC (rule file) file. Do you know anything about how to get it?  I 
> understand that many industries treat the design rules as proprietery 
> material. But is there a free layout design rule available on the net 
> from any of the universities?

The foundries keep very close watch on the most advanced technologies
such as 65nm and below.  I am quite certain that you will not find
anything in the public domain.  For example, I'm told by a friend of
mine who is a professor at U.C. Santa Cruz that another professor in
the EE department there posted the TSMC design rules on the class
website, and now the entire department is banned from using MOSIS.

This is not to say that I *agree* that design rules should not be
publicly distributed, because I think that foundries could not
possibly lose any business thereby, and stand to gain a lot, not
to mention univerities, small companies, and the world in general.
But you have to tread carefully where the damn lawyers are involved.

					Regards,
					Tim

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