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Unfortunately the OP is off by two orders of magnitude. Most VLSI EDA tool licenses start at about $100K per seat per year and go up from there. If EDA tools
by bsder 4y ago
Unfortunately the OP is off by two orders of magnitude. Most VLSI EDA tool licenses start at about $100K per seat per year and go up from there.
If EDA tools were only $1K, we'd have lots of custom chips since a fab run in an old technology is actually $10K-$20K nowadays.
- artisanspam 4y agoIt depends on what tool licenses you're talking about. A single license for Questa is in the thousands of dollars range. But lots of VIPs or backend tools will be a lot more.