Where Open Source EDA Works - And Doesn't

An Article in chipdesignmag.com By Richard Goering

As the EDA editor for EE Times for many years, I developed an interest in open-source EDA software. I wrote about various projects and tools, and put together a directory of open-source EDA tools that ran on the EE Times Web site. Despite my interest, open-source EDA tools never gained much traction�certainly not like the embedded software development world, where open-source software and tools are the norm.
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Models present another opportunity for open source. A recent article in the SLD community, �Moving to Open-Source Software,� noted that EDA users don�t want to get into the insides of commercial simulators, but they do want control over models. Virtual platform provider Imperas has launched an open-source modeling effort through its Open Virtual Platforms (OVP) initiative. This initiative provides a simulator that�s free ...

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