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Understanding Ciranova's Free Product
Ciranova's Free Product: PyCell Studio
PyCell Studio™ is a free product. Ciranova™ has made PyCell Studio available for free because we believe that OpenAccess must have a universal and interoperable PCell authoring and instantiation capability. PyCell Studio does not require a license manager or any licensing mechanism.
PyCell Studio includes all of the following capabilities:
- The complete Ciranova Layout API, including all Smart Objects and Smart Methods
- Pyros™ Layout Viewer, with built-in interactive DRC capabilities
- PyCell Explorer, a fast and easy tool for testing PyCell code
- PyCell Library Generator, a utility for associating libraries with technology files
- PyCell Developer Kit, which includes sample PyCell libraries, plus utilities and scripts for:
- Library compilation & testing
- Physical verification
- Test suite development
- Ciranova OpenAccess PCell Plug-in, which evaluates PyCells in any EDA environment.
Protecting Your PyCell Investment
To ensure the continued availability of PyCell Studio, Ciranova has placed the source code for the free product into escrow. Please click here for full details.
Other Ciranova Products
Ciranova creates and distributes other products and capabilities that are not available for free. These include:
- Ciranova Python IDE
- PCell Xtreme™
- Premium features provided to commercial support customers:
- Conditional rule support
- Multiple rule set support
- Technology file creation utilities
- PCell freezing support
- PCell caching
- Future Ciranova products