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Looking bass ackwards at this religious C-to-Verilog mindset, CAE Plus
( http://www.cae-plus.com ) offers to 1000X speed up your Verilog
simulations by translating your Verilog to C, have you debug and run 1000X
faster in C, and then when everything's done, you translate your C back
to Verilog again for synthesis to gates. Watch out VCS & NC-Verilog!
The Old-School-Tries-To-Go-New-School fanatics in this new C/C++ cult
within the EDA world is Co-Design ( http://www.co-design.com ). They're
offering yet another new hardware description language called 'Superlog'
(which is supposed to combine the 'best' of both Verilog and C.) OK...
"Superlog? Isn't that the guys who did Verilog? I'm having really
tough time with another language when everyone's going C and C++.
Too many retraining, support, compatibility w/ other tools issues.
And if Synopsys is heading to synthesis from C++, the arguement is
over. All the other EDA companies are playing with C and C++, so
they can race to be the next Synopsys."
- an anon engineer's phone response when asked about Superlog
"Superlog is the way to go! Well, that's what people are telling us.
[ After being asked for names and phone numbers of these 'people' ]
Hey John, you know we can't do that -- just like at Chronologic it
took ages before people would speak in public -- and also at Ambit
it was the same. In the early days nobody wants to upset their
other mainstream suppliers (Cadence, Synopsys, etc.) by basically
telling them that they are way, way, way behind.
When we do go public with our older customers, we can let you know."
- Simon Davidmann, CEO of Co-Design, who makes Superlog
"Isuzus only cost $9, they get 94 miles to the gallon, and if you buy
one soon, you'll get a free house. They go 300 miles per hour, they
seat the same number of people as the Astrodome, and they're roomy
enough to carry the state of Texas."
- Joe Isuzu, the constantly lying car salesman in the Isuzu ads
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