Revitalizing Public-Domain Version of Micromagic

By M. B. Ghaznavi-Ghoushchi.

This is a try to revitalize public-domain version of Micromagic: mmi_pd to run in recent 64-bit linux Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS.

Introduction

Micromagic tool suite is a full IC CAD tool, documentation, scripts, and libraries for designing high-performance ICs, including SUE for schematics, MAX for layouts, DPC for datapaths and MCC for megacells.

1. Be sure on your Linux distribution

caduser@ubuntu:~$ lsb_release -d
Description:	Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS
caduser@ubuntu:~$ 

2. Required settings and installations

2.1 Steps to set your machine to support 32-bit over 64-bit (for Micromagic)

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386
sudo apt-get install multiarch-support
sudo apt-get install libx11-6:i386
sudo apt-get install libc6-i386
sudo apt-get install binutils:i386
sudo apt-get install zsh
sudo apt-get install csh

2.2 Installing fonts for max/nst

sudo apt-get install xfsprogs xfstt
sudo apt-get install t1-xfree86-nonfree
sudo apt-get install ttf-xfree86-nonfree
sudo apt-get install ttf-xfree86-nonfree-syriac
sudo apt-get install xfonts-75dpi
sudo apt-get install xfonts-100dpi
xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/
xset +fp /usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/

2.3 Installing xterm for cross-probe between max and sue

sudo apt-get install xterm

3. Install Micromagic public-domian

3.1 Download the program and do the following steps

cd ~
mkdir cad
cd cad
wget https://sourceforge.net/projects/mmi-pd/files/mmi-pd/mmi_pd_040526/mmi_pd_040526.tar.gz
gzip -dc mmi_pd_040526.tar.gz | tar xvf -
ln -s mmi_pd_040526 mmi_pd
cd mmi_pd
ln -s bin.i486-linux bin
cp -r mmi_local.sample ../mmi_local

3.2 In /etc/bash.bashrc append the following lines. Please change YourUserName to your own

export MMI_TOOLS=/home/YourUserName/cad/mmi_pd
export MMI_BROWSER=firefox
export PATH=$PATH:$MMI_TOOLS/bin

4. Now test the program

sue
max
nst

Note: If you see problems in max/nst due to fonts (with un-readable fonts or extra font sizes), you must recheck the fonts installation step again with care.

You will see more about focused usage of this tool with examples... very soon.

A 2X4 Decoder in micromagic

Example 1: A 2X4 Decoder in micromagic with very details and steps from my VLSI 2006 PPT #22

Credits:

The mmi_pd tool suite is a public-domain version of Micromagic. All the credits are belong to its originators.

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