Virtuoso Video Diary: Introducing WSP Manager

Are you an advanced node layout or CAD engineer trying to find a methodology for routing designs in the Virtuoso platform? Interested to learn how to specify tracks for correct-by-construction designs using width spacing patterns (WSPs)? If you are not using the WSP Manager in the Virtuoso environment to create and modify your WSPs, now is the time to try it.

Using Width Spacing Patterns for Advanced Node Designs

Advanced node design demands extensive additional design rules. Width spacing patterns are used to maintain those rules and define tracks with specific widths and spacing for interactive placement and routing. Previously, you defined WSPs in the foundry’s technology file or using SKILL.

WSP Manager was introduced in ICADV12.2 ISR5 as a convenient GUI for creating and modifying WSPs. You can also preview WSPs to visualize exactly how they would appear in your layout, before saving them to your design database. You can share WSPs amongst your team by importing WSPs from a common cellview. If your design has placed instances and objects, you can easily generate a WSP grid from those shapes. To find out how to use WSP Manager, watch these videos on Cadence Online Support:

• Introducing WSP Manager
• WSP Manager: Creating and Modifying WSPs
• WSP Manager: Importing WSPs from Another Cellview
• WSP Manager: Generating WSPs from Shapes

Note: Cadence Help supports native playback of videos (mp4) added to the installed Virtuoso Documentation Library. Look under Video Demos for a video topic of your interest.

Related Resources

• Virtuoso Width Spacing Patterns User Guide
  • Using WSP Manager

• Rapid Adoption Kit
  • WSP Manager Workshop

What's Next

Virtuoso Video Diary will next bring to you a set of videos on the SKILL IDE performance analysis tools that include Code Browser, Lint Manager, and Profiler. These tools help you assess the performance of your SKILL code and identify any areas of improvement. The related videos demonstrate the key features of these tools that can help you refine your SKILL code. Stay tuned…             

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