Some of the unsung enablers of EDA innovation are the companies providing building blocks for common infrastructure tasks.
Especially if you're a startup trying to bootstrap an
innovative algorithm idea,
it's crazy to develop yet another HDL parser or schematic viewer.
I was reminded of these products as I read the
latest press release from
Verific Design Automation,
which produces rock-solid HDL front ends for a number of commercial and in-house EDA tools.
The original player in this market was
Interra Systems.
A great schematic front end is GateVision, available from
Concept Engineering.
Are there any other major infrastructure providers I've overlooked?
1 comment:
I would count Highland for the Highland License Manager that ultimately became Flex-LM and Platform Computing's LSF. Two older providers for EDIF interoperability were Engineering DataXpress and E-tools (now Elgris).
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