Custom IC Design-Physical Design Select a Product Category Allegro Ambit BuildGates AMS Designer Assura Design Rule Checker Assura Layout vs. Your concerns IC design has become a lot more complex over the past 15 years. But the way those designs are created has advanced very little. Designers still create polygon layouts. This polygonal approach is prone to errors, which means more iterations.
More iterations mean higher costs.
To top it off, skilled layout designers are hard to come by. And they're getting more and more expensive. These factors lead to a critical productivity bottleneck at the physical design implementation stage. And it's a delay you can't afford. You have to get your products to market.