| October 2001 |
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BECS for free
RUBICAD offers a free version of the popular
layout editor BECS for LINUX and Solaris. |
| June 2001 |
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Market Introduction of DECOR
DECOR corrects layout errors which traditional
physical verification tools can detect, but cannot fix. |
| May 2000 |
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First Layout Migration to 0.15-micron
Technology Completed
RUBICAD completed the first hierarchical
migration of a full custom design to the still advanced 0.15-micron technology
of a Taiwanese foundry. |
| April 2000 |
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Market Introduction of P-Rex
P-REX (Primitive cell REconstruction)
analyzes a given layout database and reduces the data size by inserting
further levels of hierarchy. This reduction is achieved by automatically
substituting references to primitive or parameterized cells, also called
p-cells, for flat layout data. |
| March 2000 |
|
REF = RUBICAD Exchange Format Available
The new text-based layout format allows any type of third party format
to be read into and streamed out of the LADEE tool suite. |
| October 1999 |
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Market Introduction of HierO
HierO analyzes and evaluates a hierarchical
layout and calculates how much each cell contributes to the total area.
It shows how much impact the reduction of a specific cell has on the overall
design size. |
| June 1999 |
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Market Introduction of CrossSpeed
CrossSpeed solves timing, signal integrity
and power problems in deep-submicron technology by reducing wire resistance
and wire capacitance on the physical layout level. |
| May 1999 |
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Property Capabilities Become Available
The LADEE property capabilities allow
maintaining non-polygon related data, such as pin layers and routing direction
markers, during the layout manipulation process. |
| April 1999 |
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Market Introduction of LayNet |
| March 1999 |
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Market Introduction of LayAna
LayAna automatically analyzes a layout
hierarchy and prepares the layout database for hierarchical compaction. |
| January 1999 |
|
Market Introduction of LADEE
LADEE (Layout and Design Environment)
is the first integrated, full custom layout design tool suite that allows
the creation of full custom layout while keeping in mind future design
reuse. LADEE addresses signal integrity problems such as crosstalk and
optimizing for performance and power. |
| November 1998 |
|
First Hierarchical Migration to 0.18-micron
Technology Completed
RUBICAD completed the hierarchical migration
of a full custom design to the still advanced 0.18-micron technology of
a Japanese foundry. |
| June 1998 |
|
LACE 4.0 Released
At DAC 1998 in San Francisco, RUBICAD
launched the area of hierarchical migration. Its foundation was the parallel
compaction and synchronization of individual compacted cells or blocks. |
| January 1998 |
|
RUBICAD Tools Become LINUX-ready
RUBICAD’s tools are all developed under
the direction and supervision of our highly qualified engineering management.
The early porting of our tools to the LINUX platform was in answer to customer
requests. |
| June 1997 |
|
Market Introduction of LACEedit
At DAC 1997 in Anaheim, CA , RUBICAD introduced
this full custom layout editor, which sets a new standard in data handling
and user friendliness for full custom design. |
| May 1997 |
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ISO 9001 Certification
Since delivering quality on all levels
is RUBICAD’s highest priority, we made sure our standards could be demonstrated
concretely to our customers. |
| January 1997 |
|
LACE Handles Area Rules
The latest technologies require the handling
of minimum area rules. LACE checks the local layout structures and optimizes
minimum layout structures. It searches for the direction where there is
space to enforce minimum area rules without increasing the layout area. |
| January 1997 |
|
LACE 3.0 Released
LACE 3.0 added an intention-driven user
interface that automatically sets the compaction parameter according to
the selected intentions. Intentions can include individual transistor sizing,
sizing of power lines, increased area, or the number of substrate or well
contacts. |
| June 1996 |
|
LACE Mega and LACE Star Introduced
At DAC 1996 in Las Vegas, we introduced
two new products: LACE MEGA handles larger layouts without manual partitioning,
and LACE STAR maintains standard cell design hierarchy during the compaction
process. |
| April 1996 |
|
Sizing Capabilities of Meander Transistors
When deep submicron technologies of 0.35
micron required different handling for orthogonal and non- orthogonal layout
structures and special device handling, we implemented these capabilities
and advanced device sizing capabilities for bent transistor devices of
almost any shape. |
| April 1996 |
|
LACE 2.1 Released
LACE version 2.1 represented our second
major enhancement to LACE, since its introduction at the Design Automation
Conference in 1994. The new features in version 2.1 answered our customers'
requests to improve LACE's performance and flexibility. |
| June 1995 |
|
Snuggling for Hand-Crafted Layout Density
At DAC 1995 we introduced the option "Snuggling"
in the layout compactor LACE. This allowed compacting physical IC layouts
to handcrafted density. |
| October 1993 |
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RUBICAD US Office Opened
RUBICAD opened the Silicon Valley headquarters
office. |
| June 1993 |
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First Product Shipment of LACE 1.5
We sold the first multi-seat license of
LACE Version 1.5. |
