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All tools at use in the last gen industry (40-12nm) currently make extensive use of standard cell librairies provided by foundries. I don't expect current gen nor next gen to change anything.

Source: I work in EDA



I definitely agree with your overall sentiment but if you actually care about your project go with one of the 3rd party standard cell libraries, i.e. https://www.synopsys.com/dw/ipdir.php?ds=dwc_standard_cell

With the foundry provided library you get what you pay for...




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