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The problems you name are true, but another issue is that errors in HW tend to be much more expensive than errors in SW. If, say, my timing analysis tool is wr
by InitialLastName 10y ago
The problems you name are true, but another issue is that errors in HW tend to be much more expensive than errors in SW. If, say, my timing analysis tool is wrong and I spin a chip based on its results, I'm out ~$100,000 and a few months of development time. That's also why we're willing to pay $thousands for licenses to proprietary SW; you want to be really confident in your tools.
- AceJohnny2 10y agoRight, except the promise of better tools is a) fewer costly errors and b) faster development time. If cost and time are what you're optimizing for, they'd be a clear better choice. But they're not. So what's missing from the picture?
- user5994461 10y ago> So what's missing from the picture? The hardware tooling suck. IMO: Hardware people suck at writing software so they can't make better. And software people don't want to get there so there is noone to do better.