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THE "TACO BELL CHIHUAHUA" AWARD: Synopsys bought System Science. Cadence
bought DAI. Avant! bought interHDL and still has some customer anger to
calm. So, this year's EDA Taco Bell Chihuahua (i.e. small but seen
everywhere) Award goes to Veritools. ( http://www.veritools-web.com )
"Avanti is 'actively' encouraging users to move to Nova-RTL by
implementing a high maintenance fee and a 23-minute lockout license
scheme that prevents users from accessing another license for 23
minutes after one use. I told Avanti in no uncertain terms that
this did not sit well with me and I would actively search for another
solution."
- an anon engineer
"I heard a lot of complaints about interHDL. Sorry if I offended
anybody... We've been using X-tek's translator, and it works great.
Everyone that has it really thinks it's superior, plus it's a LOT
cheaper." ( http://www.x-tekcorp.com )
- Joe Kryzak on comp.lang.verilog replying to interHDL founder Eli
Sternheim's suggestion to use interHDL's VHDL-to-Verilog tool
"Veritool's Undertow/IV Package http://www.veritools-web.com
Many of the same features that Debussy has are present here including
the state machine tool, source code browser, posedge/negedge source
line analyzer, perl scripting interface, RTL and gate level schematic
generation, and a built-in LINT tool (goodbye Avanti !)."
- an anon engineer
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