( ESNUG 281 Item 4 ) ------------------------------------------------ [2/19/98]
Subject: (ESNUG 276 #8 278 #6 280 #3) Tech & Business Issues With Cascade
> We are a 3+ year customer of Cascade for our internal Fab. ... We are
> finding DRC problems, off-grid problems, verilog model versus actual
> silicon functionality problems, etc. ...
From: jcooley@world.std.com (John Cooley)
Concerning Cascade's problems with Verilog modeling, I've heard indirectly
that it's wise to not use the "-hierarchy" switch in their verilog_out
functionality. Apparently they're not translating the hierarchy correctly
in the output.
On the business side, I've also heard a rumor that Cascade has been bought
out by Duet Technologies, what I though was mostly a consulting agency that
specialized in design & testing services, so you might be calling elsewhere
soon for tech support if you're currently using Cascade tools.
- John Cooley
the ESNUG guy
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