SOS - Design Data Collaboration Platform

SOS is the leading data collaboration platform for hardware design teams. Its
capabilities include multi-site collaboration, version control, workarea
management, release management, design reuse, and project control. SOS
seamlessly streamlines the design process by enhancing communication and
facilitating efficient and accurate sharing of design data from concept through
tapeout. This significantly improves design team productivity and dramatically
reduces chances of requiring a mask re-spin due to configuration errors.

SOS solves many design data management needs with one integrated platform
that is non-intrusive to the design flow. Its architecture and interface enables
design teams dispersed across multiple time zones to collaborate efficiently on
the same project. Its extensibility and API allows easy integration with design
tools and processes. Suppor t for different work models makes it suitable to
manage all design data from RTL to GDSII.

The SOS design data collaboration platform is seamlessly integrated with

SOS Client Graphical User Interface
several design flows including Cadence® Vir tuoso®, Synopsys® Custom
Designer™, Mentor Graphics® HDL Designer and SpringSoft Laker™.

Key Features of the SOS Platform

“DALSA uses ClioSoft’s SOS Design
Collaboration Platform to help us manage
shared design data among design teams
Design Aware Integrations world-wide. The product has definitely helped
our productivity as we design, develop, and
Global Collaboration manufacture digital imaging products and
solutions, and the level of support from
ClioSoft has been excellent..”
Design Reuse
Martin Kiik,
DALSA Corporation
Authentication & Access Controls
“We continue to be extremely happy with the
quality of support we receive from ClioSoft.
Integrated with Issue Tracking
Fast, efficient, simple and above all effective.
None of the many other EDA vendors I deal
Release & Derivative Management with does support better.”

Bengt-Erik Embretsen,
Version Control for Files & Directories Zarlink Semiconductors

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SOS – Features and Benefits
Version Control User Experience
Version Control of Files Ready backup of previous file revisions to identify and Graphical User Interface Intuitive graphical interface modeled after the Mac file
recover from errors or to recreate previous releases. browser and extended to display file revision history in
one integrated browser. Makes SOS very easy to use
Version Control Tracks file renames, deletes and moves. Recreates the
and provides unprecedented visibility into the project.
of Directories exact directory structure for any release. Provides true
configuration management. Command Line Interface Invoke SOS commands from any shell, script, or Make file.
Dial-in from home without invoking the GUI. Easily integrate
Composite Object Multiple physical files that make up a logical design unit can
SOS with other design tools.
be maintained as a single composite object, ensuring that
DM operations on the design unit are atomic and efficient. Non Intrusive SOS is easy to use, deploy and administer thereby reducing
training and administrative costs.
Concurrent Checkout, Multiple locks, named branches, unmerged branch alerts,
Branch and Merge automatic merge, and graphical compare make it easy to Production Tested The SOS DM platform has been in production use for several
do concurrent development on the same files. years across America, Europe, and Asia. Get the quality and
usability from years of customer feedback.
Tag Attach symbolic names to revisions to easily identify,
communicate and retrieve the right set of revisions. Communication and Collaboration
Snapshot Take a snapshot of the design to record any milestone Collaboration Icons Keep up to date on project status and enhance communication.
so the exact configuration can be recreated anytime. Avoid errors and create reliable tapeouts.

Workarea and Release Management Triggers Automatically execute scripts or programs before or after any
SOS command to record attributes, do lint checks, send email
Copy Workarea Work in a sandbox with copies of files isolated from
notifications, cleanup, etc.
changes being made by other designer on the project.
Continue work even if the network goes down. Audit Trail Track every project activity and generate useful reports.
Especially useful for project leads and tool administrators.
Linked Workarea Avoid duplication, optimize use of disk space and improve
synchronization speed by using workareas with symbolic Attributes and Metrics Define and track attributes and metrics to monitor project
links to Smart Cache. status and progress. Plot metrics over time to determine trends.

Isolated or Shared Each user has the choice of using an isolated model or
working together with other team members in a common Administration
shared workarea. Four different levels of sharing are
supported. Simple & Non Intrusive Easy to use, deploy and administer. Reduce training and
administrative costs. User interface helps administer and
Revision Search Order Create workarea by defining rules based on monitor the servers.
tags/snapshots/branch names and time. Provides flexibility
in setting up workareas and defining work flows. Access Controls Comprehensive read and write access controls for owner, group,
and world. Security and protection against unauthorized changes.
Rollback Changes Undo and identify accidental errors by exactly recreating
a workarea with any revision search order for any time in Project Configuration Customize to meet the unique needs of any project.
the past. Project team can continue working even if some Setup administrators, user groups, triggers, and UI
erroneous changes have been checked in. customizations for each project.

Hierarchical Reference Reference design libraries or design objects in other Seamless Integration
and Reuse projects across the corporate WAN. Easily reuse IP or
partition projects. Cadence Virtuoso Manage Cadence IC libraries directly from the Cadence
IC Platform. Manage cell views without worrying about
Architecture the physical files that make up these design units.

Client-Server Architecture Geographically dispersed teams can work and collaborate Synopsys Custom Manage Open Access libraries directly from Custom
on the same project just as easily as teams located at one site. Designer Designer.

Remote Cache Server Recently used versions of files are cached at the remote Mentor HDL Designer Manage Mentor's HDL Designer Series libraries directly
sites and managed by the cache servers. Reduces network from Mentor's Design Browser.
traffic and improves performance for multi-site design teams. SpringSoft Laker Design Browser allows easy navigation of libraries and
Smart Cache Technology Automatically share common versions between the provides convenient access to DM features from Laker.
engineers. File versions are automatically purged when no C API A complete C programming interface to integrate any
user workarea is linking to it. Disk resource is used optimally, in-house tools with the SOS data collaboration platform.
bandwidth usage is minimized and performance is maximized. Readily available multi-site DM support in all tools.
Push & Pull Updates User workareas and remote caches can each be set up to
Supported Platforms
update on demand, at regular intervals, or immediately on
change using our push technology. Solaris ® , Linux ® , Windows ® , HP-UX ®
Repository Manage ASCII and binary files in a safe repository without
the fear of destroying it accidentally.

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