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The tools are still kind of rubbish in the sense that for many startups in software their edge could literally just be having an extremely good internal develop
by mhh__ 6y ago
The tools are still kind of rubbish in the sense that for many startups in software their edge could literally just be having an extremely good internal development flow whereas EDA stuff seems to be written solely to get from A to B.
I haven't seen the deep end of the software as you get closer to the fab, but I'm guessing it's worse.
- tails4e 6y agoA HW startup will not be suddenly successful because of their EDA flow. They could however fail badly if they have their EDA incorrectly setup, as if your chip STA flow was incorrect and you have hold time issues on silicon, you just blew 6 months+ and a few million. It would be critical to have an STA expert for that reason, as well as a solid sign-off process before tape out.