a08 A PostScript Toolkit for Electronic Design

Abstract Design automation tools operate on large problems, and often take hours or days to complete a run. Visualizing design data effectively can help track bugs, highlight optimization opportunies, and give a deeper understanding of the impact of subtle algorithmic changes. In this paper, we present a small, lightweight, cross-platform C language interface to the PostScript language, designed for software developers who primarily work in C or C++. Versions of this library have been a key resource for our research group in development of a number of design automation tools. The library is available in open source at https://github.com/profmadden/pstools. Authors Sarp Ozdemir [email protected] (SUNY Binghamton) Jennifer Seibert [email protected] (SUNY Binghamton) Mohammad A. Khasawneh [email protected] (SUNY Binghamton/MathWorks) Patrick H. Madden [email protected] (SUNY Binghamton)