On Wed, Dec 05, 2001 at 10:38:16AM +0100, Josef Dalcolmo wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >> True Windows does have a good number of Electronics EDA programs...but >> by and large the more powerful apps of this nature run on UNIX and >> Linux. > > Would you mind mentioning which EDA programs for Linux you mean?
Here are a few I'm familiar with. Most of the big names in chip design tools have announced plans to port their tools to linux or have already done so. These tools range from a few thousand dollars to several hundred thousand dollars. For fpgas, I believe altera is porting quartus II and xilinx is porting spartan II, but you should verify this information. I haven't done board layout in over 10 years, so I don't know what's currently available. Don't take this as a complete list. I've been using synopsys tools for a long time so I'm pretty familiar with them. Other vendors have ported their tools as well, but I don't remember their names offhand. Ask about linux support for your favorite tools. That's why these were ported to linux. verilog and vhdl simulators =========================== vcs from synopsys ncverilog from cadence silos from simucad finsim from frontline modelsim from model technology/mentor graphics polaris from avant! waveform viewers ================ virsim from synopsys undertow waveform drawing ================ timing designer from chronology synthesis tools =============== design compiler (and associated tools) from synopsys atpg tools ========== tetramax from synopsys static timing analysis ====================== primetime from synopsys chip layout tools ================= blast chip and blast fusion from magma design automation avant! layout tools code analysis ============= surecov from verisity surelint from verisity verilint from avant! -- Lee Bradshaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] Texas Instruments [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG D8C3BBD2 CC08 D690 0B70 3C70 351E EB05 96A3 3789 D8C3 BBD2
