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*edgar*

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Mar 30, 2001, 4:08:46 AM3/30/01
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Hello,

I'm looking for a VHDL compiler (and synthesizer) for LINUX.
I tried some WIN95/98 apps but now it's time for me to try some LINUX
stuff.

Does anyone have some ideas ? (Binaries preffered instead of sourcecode)

Thanks in advance.

Volker Hetzer

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Mar 30, 2001, 5:10:51 AM3/30/01
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http://www.synopsys.com/products/platforms_roadmap.html
They only sell binaries.

Greetings!
Volker
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Srinivasan Venkataramanan

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Mar 30, 2001, 5:13:39 AM3/30/01
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Hi,
For a free one see:

ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/apps/circuits/alliance/alliance-3.2b.README

Cadence has a Linux version of NC-Sim:

http://www.cadence.com/company/pr/04_17_00linux.html

- that should cover the Simulation part.

Synthesiser, search on Synopsys's home page, may be they have a Linux
version.

Regards,
Srini

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Duane Clark

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Mar 30, 2001, 12:36:27 PM3/30/01
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For compiling and simulation, there are actually quite a few native
Linux commercial products out there, ranging in prices from US$1500 to
US$20K. Take a look at the bottom of the page:
http://www.polybus.com/xilinx_on_linux.html

A free one is also available:
http://www.symphonyeda.com/

For synthesis, I am not aware of native Linux apps. For the past year,
there have been occasional rumors of a Linux version of Synplicity
coming out, but it never seems to show up, as far as I know. I think you
might be stuck with running a Windoze program under Vmware or win4lin.

Kim Gunnar Enkovaara

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Mar 31, 2001, 11:52:42 AM3/31/01
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On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:36:27 -0800, Duane Clark <dcl...@akamail.com> wrote:

>For compiling and simulation, there are actually quite a few native
>Linux commercial products out there, ranging in prices from US$1500 to
>US$20K. Take a look at the bottom of the page:
>http://www.polybus.com/xilinx_on_linux.html

For simulation almost all important simulators can be used with Linux
(VCS, Scirocco, Modelsim and few others)

>For synthesis, I am not aware of native Linux apps. For the past year,
>there have been occasional rumors of a Linux version of Synplicity

How about Synopsys Design Compiler :) At some point Physical Compiler
was not available for linux but it might be already available.


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Keith R. Williams

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Mar 31, 2001, 4:28:09 PM3/31/01
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On 31 Mar 2001 16:52:42 GMT, kenk...@gamma.hut.fi (Kim Gunnar
Enkovaara) wrote:

>On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 09:36:27 -0800, Duane Clark <dcl...@akamail.com> wrote:
>
>>For compiling and simulation, there are actually quite a few native
>>Linux commercial products out there, ranging in prices from US$1500 to
>>US$20K. Take a look at the bottom of the page:
>>http://www.polybus.com/xilinx_on_linux.html
>
>For simulation almost all important simulators can be used with Linux
>(VCS, Scirocco, Modelsim and few others)

Yes, ModelSim EE has a Linux version. However, last time I looked EE
was 4x the cost of PE for Windows ($20K/$5K). That's a lot of green
to run under Linux. I certainly can't justify that to myself, much
less my boss. Of course none of my other tools (Synplicity and
Xilinx) have Linux variants, so it's not much of a decision for me.

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Keith

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