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--- tools:start [2023/01/14 15:56] – rajit
+++ tools:start [2025/05/20 11:52] (current) – rajit
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    * [[prs2sim|prs2sim]]: a production rule to sim file converter
    * [[ext2sp|ext2sp]]: converts magic extract files into a hierarchical spice file
+   * [[tools:layout:|Layout generation]]
    * [[lvp|lvp]]: layout versus production rules
+   * [[act2lef|act2lef]]: Generate LEF/DEF from an ACT design
+   * [[act2v|act2v]]: Convert ACT file into a Verilog netlist
+   * [[adepend|adepend]]: Print dependencies of an ACT file
+   * [[chp2prs|chp2prs]]: convert CHP to production rules
+   * [[interact|interact]]: Interactive ACT
+   * [[prs2cells|prs2cells]]: extract ACT cells needed to implement a design
+   * [[v2act|v2act]]: Translate a Verilog netlist into an ACT file
+   * [[asic:timing:xcell:start|xcell]]: Cell library characterizer
-These are core ACT tools--i.e. tools that use the core ACT library and take ACT files as input. They also accept the standard ACT [[stdoptions|command-line arguments]], in addition to their own arguments.
+These are core ACT tools--i.e. tools that use the core ACT library and take ACT files as input. They also accept the standard ACT [[:stdoptions:start|command-line arguments]], in addition to their own arguments. The standard ACT options include ways to specify technology-specific information, as well as local configuration overrides.
 Standalone tools:
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    * [[http://opencircuitdesign.com/magic/index.html|magic]]: The Magic VLSI layout editor
    * [[http://opencircuitdesign.com/irsim/index.html|irsim]]: A switch-level circuit simulator
-   * Gemini: a netlist comparison for strict layout-versus-schematic checking {{:tools:gemini-2.7.2.tar.gz|Gemini}}
+   * Layout versus schematic (LVS) checking:
+      * Gemini: a netlist comparison for strict layout-versus-schematic checking {{:tools:gemini-2.7.2.tar.gz|Gemini}}
+      * [[http://opencircuitdesign.com/netgen/index.html|netgen]]: another tool for LVS
+Two useful concepts to keep in mind when using the ACT tools are [[intro_example:name_mangling|expanded names and mangled names]].