Gdspy使用二

Introduction
For over 25 years GDSII has been the industry standard database for IC layout. While other formats have been proposed to replace it (and one, OASIS, seems to be gaining some traction) GDSII remains by far the main way of describing the physical layout for the masks used to build a chip.
This is despite the fact that GDSII is not an open industry standard – it was developed by Calma in the 80’s and the ownership of the specification moved from Calma to GE to Valid to Cadence over the years. If you ask the right person you might even be able to get a copy of the GDSII specification from Cadence, though I have been working with a copy of the spec that I Xeroxed® back in 1989.
尽管GDSII并不是一个开放的行业标准，但它是由Calma在80年代开发的，多年来规范的所有权从Calma转移到GE，从Valid转移到Cadence。如果你问对了人，你甚至可以从Cadence那里得到一份GDSII规范的副本，尽管我一直在处理1989年我复印的规范的副本。
Simplicity
To some extent, GDSII’s long life is due to both its e