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From: Martin, Mark (Mark.Martin AT jhuapl DOT edu) Date: Fri May 02 2003 - 13:58:59 EDT
I also think this would be useful. However, it is my understanding (Tim correct me if I am wrong) that the router(s) in magic to put is simply, suck. They were moderately useful to tie together BIG blocks and pads and thats about it. I distinctly remember someone I know spending more time setting up the router than I think it would have taken to just wire the thing by hand. I think this naturally leads to a separate tool that does place and route. Under the new paradigm, I would think this would work in concert with magic. Honestly, I am now out of my element. I'm a humble (and sometimes frustrated) tool user. That said, a open source P&R tool would definitely be nice. I'd be happy with a Tanner Tools quality tool since that is what I use now anyway. Mark > -----Original Message----- > From: cfk [mailto:cfk AT pacbell DOT net] > Sent: Friday, May 02, 2003 12:33 PM > To: magic-dev AT csl DOT cornell.edu > Subject: EDIF > > > I wonder if we can discuss EDIF or perhaps the more general > topic of getting > a portion of a digital design expressed in Verilog or VHDL > into Magic for a > while. Is there a way to get a netlist of a digital design into Magic > somehow. I can see the notion of creating a netlist by hand, > but I that will > soon become too cumbersome. > > If not, what is the most appropriate way to add the > capability to read an > EDIF or EDIF like netlist into Magic for the purpose of then > placing and > routing by hand INV, OR, AND cells and using its route > command to route > those cells. > > I know this pandoras box has many components, I am just > trying to pick a > place to start that has a reasonable probability of getting as far as > possible with the least amount of work on the part of all concerned. > > Charles > >
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