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Introduction to Virtuoso Layout Suite MXL

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Virtuoso® Layout Suite MXL (Layout MXL) introduces major developments not only in automation technologies for Custom IC design but also system-level design capabilities to address the “More-than-Moore” design paradigm.

The Layout MXL cockpit offers full access to all the Layout EXL functionality in addition to supporting integrated automated placement and routing solutions. Layout MXL offers a unified interface to cater to all the design styles across both mature and advanced process nodes, including the latest GAAFETs. The Layout MXL cockpit is also the default cockpit for integrated circuit designs for large system-level designs, due to its heterogeneous design capabilities, such as co-design and multi-fabric electromagnetic and thermal analysis.

The Layout MXL cockpit is the base cockpit for assisted and automated layout migration that captures designer intentions such as placement and routing topologies from previous generation layouts to recreate the layout in next generation process nodes.

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