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From: moto@ucbcad.berkeley.edu (EDIF Committee)
Newsgroups: comp.lsi
Subject: What on earth is EDIF??
Message-ID: <1449@ucbcad.berkeley.edu>
Date: Tue, 19-May-87 12:44:20 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 19 12:44:20 1987
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Keywords: EDIF standards

Several people have sent mail to point out that I forgot to say just what
EDIF is in my first post.

EDIF stands for Electronic Design Interchange Format (sorry for another
acronym).


EDIF is derived from such standards as CIF, TIDAL, CIDF, GAIL etc., and
attempts to allow the transfer of a complete spectrum of electronic information
about a design. This includes schematics, simulation models, physical design 
rules, symbolic layout, test vectors, PCB layout, and IC mask layout.

It is a neutral, public domain format and intended to facilitate the 
interchange of designs bvetween different CAD/CAE systems (including
engineering workstations). It has been under development for 3 1/2 years,
and is now entering full production use at many companies and universities
worldwide. THe mailing list has addresses from over 29 countries worldwide.

For more information (free) write to:
EDIF User Group
2222 South Dobson Road, Building 5
Mesa, AZ 85202