digging through archives I found an email about using Cadence on Sparc machines for PCB design in 1992
From: ABienek (Alex Bienek)
To: Hardware
Subject: SPARC station requirements
Message-Id: <2AFA962F@ABienek>
With the installation of the Cadence design tools we will be moving into a
new method of working on the CAD system.
Previously the Valid tools were used almost exclusively for schematic entry
for the sole purpose of making PCBs. This meant that use of the terminals
would generally be limited to a week or two intensive schematic capture
followed by sporadic updates during the lifetime of the project. This meant
that providing three terminals, located away from the engineers normal
design environment, although not ideal, was workable.
Having said that, I always maintained that much more use could have been
made of the system had the terminals been distributed among the engineers,
providing terminals on desks as required. This has been borne out by the
experience within the Victoria project where Bernard has a terminal on his
desk on which to enter the Victoria schematic and now considers such direct
access to a terminal "absolutely essential".
With the new tools a great deal more of the design process can be carried
out on the CAD system, including block level system design, high level
textual modelling for simulation, low level textual design for simulation
and synthesis, and schematic capture for simulation and PCB layout.
This will involve a great deal more of the engineers time spent using
the system, and conversely the greater the access to the system the
more it will get used, for sketching and testing ideas, developing
system models, and logging changes.
When the changeover to SPARC IPX stations is complete there will be three
available. However, predicted requirements are:-
Ian Nicholas ASIC development Dec '92 - June '93
Alex Bienek ASIC development Jan '93 - July '93
Bernard Siddle Victoria PCBs Nov '92 - June '93
A.N. Other OPC/Stork/???? Q2 '93
Bruce/Vic et al Misc.
For these reasons I believe this department should push for at least
one more IPX station, possibly two to give good coverage.
Comments ?, agreement ?, disagreement ?
Alex.
Statistics: Posted by flibble — Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:06 pm