Re: Commercial Linux EDA tools, was Re: gEDA: Suggestion for a new gEDA project.

[Michael Laajanen <michael_laajanen-at-NOSPAMyahoo_dot_com>]

HI,

Just to make it right, Modelsim is nicely written with TCL/Tk, with the
simulation engine separated from the GUI. PERFECT design.

Linux aswell as Synopsys CVS(Verilog) is available on Linux for huge
simulation farms.

Something nice is also that Synopsys is said to be dropping NT and
replacing NT with Linux for the smaller and price sensistive customers.

This is the strategy, I would not be suprised if FPGA Compiler II 4.0
when it will hit the streets will be back to pure UNIX code.

Of the bif FGPA vendors, only XILINX is using a decent GUI, Mainsoft
rival Bristol with their WIND/U toolset, they where first and best.

The store for a year ago was that bristol did a too nice GUI on UNIX
so MS stoped delivering the tools(src) for the port to the W2K code.

Then there was a trial and Bristol got the code again :)

Mainsoft is more or less a windows company, and make lousy porting
tools.



/michael 


--- Steve Wilson <stevew@intrinsix.com> wrote:
> Roger Williams wrote:
> > 
> > >>>> Al Davis <aldavis@ieee.org> writes:
> > 
> >   >> ModelSim is also available on Linux, but only the ... SE
> version.
> > 
> >   > <rant> MainWin strikes again????
> > 
> > Not in this case, actually.  ModelSim SE is a robust,
> well-engineered
> > Motif application, so the Linux version is actually significantly
> > nicer than the Windows (PE) version.  (Unfortunately, Mentor's
> > synthesis tool (Leonardo Spectrum) *was* written for NT, so the
> > Solaris port (and the Linux beta) has a crappy, bloated UI -- just
> > like all the UNIX ports of the other big synthesis tools.)
> > 
> > --
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> Roger,
> 
> That's interesting - cause I heard it was re-written into Tcl/TK to
> allow portability back to the Windows environment. ;-) 
> 
> That makes three different stories now!  (Though we had the Modelsim
> sales guy sharing office space with us when I worked for Seva
> Technology
> two years ago..)
> 
> Steve Wilson


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