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What kind of threat / challenge this kind of open source initiatives represent to dominant EDA players (Synopsys/Cadence) and their long term survivability? Syn
by rixrax 7y ago
What kind of threat / challenge this kind of open source initiatives represent to dominant EDA players (Synopsys/Cadence) and their long term survivability? Synopsys in particular has been killing it with their stock performance, but I’ve been concerned for a while that this industry might be ripe for disruption. Alas, I think I lack technical expertise to fully appreciate complexities of EDA platforms and how to value that.
- rusticpenn 7y agoNot much actually. There is a huge problem with EDA where only established tools can be used. Where Free tools are available, its hard to get PDKs from the foundrys unless you are part of a university or a firm. The free tools lack some important features to make them robust ( like a good parasitic checker) etc. There are several groups trying to bring this awareness, for example FSIC is pretty interesting (https://wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC2019 https://wiki.f-si.org/index.php/FSiC2019)