Scott

There is no such thing as an "Autorouter".

Although rumored to exist for many years, and hyped to management level people who
pay the bills and buy the software packages, many of which "claim" to incoroporate
an "Autorouter", all such "claims" have long been proven bogus.

There just is no such thing as a real Autorouter.

The closest thing to an Autorouter is a competent and seasoned Designer with a good
manual routing package in his hands.

JaMi Smith


----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Riley" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 12:46 PM
Subject: [DC] Autorouters


I'm looking for some information on available autorouters (capability, cost,
etc).  Most of my designs are two -six layers with 1000 pins or less. My
current design tool will support Spectra, but the cost of the interface and
the autorouter is far more that I can justify.  Like everyone else I'm
looking to be more efficient, but don't want to mortgage the business for a
new software tool

What other autorouters are available and what EDA products do they support ?
Any information/experiences good or bad would be appreciated.



Scott D. Riley
Technical Design Service
607-658-9322 - Office
607-785-1696 - FAX
 <http://www.techdesignservice.com/> www.techdesignservice.com







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