Tools

Cadence University Program

Industry standard for custom integrated circuit schematic and layout tools. Tools are available to universities at a lower cost.

Synopsys University Program

Industry standard for logic synthesis. Tools are available to universities at a lower cost.

Mentor Graphics Higher Ed Program

Another major integrated circuit tool vendor.

MicroMagic

Commercial layout (Max) and schematic (Sue) tools available free to universities.

Tanner Research

VLSI tools. List price is lower than Cadence, but university price is still substantial.

LTspice

Free, commercial quality SPICE simulator.

ModelSim Student Edition

Free, commercial quality Verilog/VHDL simulator, limited to 10,000 lines of code.

Electric

Open-source schematic and layout editor.

Magic

Free layout editor. Dated but still usable. Superseded by Max from MicroMagic.

IRSIM

Free switch-level simulator, works well with Magic.