EDA2.0 on Sigasi

Configuration files and Version control

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000

If you are using a version control system (which you should!) for your hardware designs, you might occasionally run in to an unpleasant surprise. Settings files that stay the same may change anyway and if you change just one setting, the settings file may have changed completely.

VHDL Recursion and Useful Error Messages

Sun, 16 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000

If hardware designers are to be more productive, the tools need to be better. Instead of building more complex tools (think: ESL and the likes) the EDA vendors should keep an appropriate focus on basic usability. Because, as Richard Goering says, just because it doesn’t crash doesn’t mean “quality.”

Is EDA ready for the 21st century...

Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000

... or do we need an EDA 2.0 revolution?

Last month, at 47DAC, I participated in a panel that was announced as Lucio’s Litmus Test: Is Your Start-Up Ready for the 21st Century? Lucio Lanza, an industry veteran and Venture Capitalist in the EDA sector started the discussion by asserting that “Investing in EDA is the best way to lose money, slowly but certainly.” Yet, there is a lot of innovation to be done in EDA. There will be a continued need for better and newer software to help engineers build silicon systems in the future.

EDA 2.0

Sun, 30 May 2010 00:00:00 +0000

It has been quiet around this corner for some time, but on the broader Sigasi front, a lot has happened. Previously it was only available as a standalone product, which somewhat hided its Eclipse foundation.