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Message
From: Shawn Tan<shawn.tan@a...>
Date: Thu Jul 31 10:25:21 CEST 2008
Subject: [oc] Open Source creation of FPGA data files?
On Wednesday 30 July 2008 21:43:08 Rick Collins wrote: > I think it would be much more useful to work on software for the > other portions of the design process, synthesis, simulation and > debugging tools.
Synthesis seems like a good idea. It seems to be lacking at the moment. Most FPGA vendors have free synthesis tools that only work on their own target technology. Their support for various language inferences is also different from vendor to vendor. The ASIC vendors rely on existing EDA tools.
A generic open source synthesis tool that works for different FPGA and ASIC technologies would be very useful. It is also do-able. There is enough information available to do it. I'd be interested in doing it.
-- with metta, Shawn Tan
Aeste Works (M) Sdn Bhd - Engineering Elegance http://www.aeste.net
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