1990 technology heritage • Worldwide deployment • Trusted by world-class users
Integrated Semiconductor Design Platform
Layout editing, verification, process visualization, and interoperable workflows for semiconductor education, research, and professional engineering.
GDSII / CIF / DXF / SPICE
Integrated verification
Visualization for education
Windows UI integration
Engineering-focused semiconductor design beyond simple layout editing.
MyCAD combines layout editing, verification, scriptable geometry generation, digital implementation workflow support, and multi-format data exchange.
Integrated Verification
Interactive DRC, ERC, and LVS verification with highlighted issue navigation and debugging workflows.
Scriptable Geometry Engine
Generate advanced geometries for MEMS, devices, and research structures through scripting and flexible layout automation.
OpenROAD Integration
Run OpenROAD digital implementation flows through a native Windows interface with seamless Windows-to-Linux design data exchange.
Design Interoperability
Exchange design data through GDSII, CIF, DXF, and SPICE netlist export workflows.
Integrated Verification
DRC, ERC, and LVS with highlighted issue navigation.
Scriptable Geometry Engine
Advanced MEMS and device geometry through scripting.
Digital Flow Compatibility
Standard-cell design workflows with OpenROAD integration.
Proven technology heritage, actively modernized for current engineering workflows.
MyCAD is a semiconductor design platform with technology heritage dating back to 1990 and worldwide deployment across industrial, academic, and research environments, including world-class engineering users in Europe, Japan, and other regions.
For many years, MyCAD continued serving industrial, academic, and research users through long-term support for existing deployments.
Since 2025, Selconn has been actively modernizing the platform under strategic partnership with Seloco, the original MyCAD technology owner, including performance improvements, modern licensing infrastructure, OpenROAD workflow integration, usability enhancements, and new engineering features.
Choose the right MyCAD license for your environment.
Student subscriptions, Education Digital floating licenses, Education Research licenses, and Professional licenses support different learning, research, and engineering needs.
Student
Personal subscription licensing for students and individual learners.
- ✓ Individual subscription
- ✓ Learning-oriented feature set
- ✓ Non-commercial use
Education Digital
Floating education licensing focused on digital logic, standard-cell design, and OpenROAD-based implementation flows.
- ✓ Floating license for education groups
- ✓ Digital logic and standard-cell flow
- ✓ OpenROAD integration included
Education Research
Advanced academic licensing for universities and research labs requiring scripting, MEMS/device design, and export workflows.
- ✓ Academic research use only
- ✓ Advanced geometry and scripting
- ✓ GDSII / CIF / DXF / SPICE netlist export
Professional
Full professional licensing for advanced engineering, process development, PDK preparation, MEMS/device design, and commercial semiconductor workflows.
- ✓ Full feature access
- ✓ Commercial engineering use
- ✓ Professional support options
Optional Companion Tools
Additional companion tools are available for LEF and Liberty generation to support broader digital implementation workflows.
- ✓ LEF generation utility
- ✓ Liberty generation workflow support
- ✓ Companion tools for broader digital design environments