( ESNUG 300 Item 4 ) ---------------------------------------------- [10/7/98]
From: Frederick Hinchliffe 2nd <fredh@tdf.com>
Subject: Synopsys VSS Only Supports VHDL 1987?! No VHDL'93? It's 1998 NOW!
John,
One of our customers popped up with a problem that was so outlandish I could
scarcely believe it. We delivered to them a virtual component (aka "core")
written in VHDL RTL version 1993. After a few days they came back
and said their VSS system could not process it because *it only comprehends
VHDL 1987*! They were given these systems on very favorable terms by
Synopsys as an inducement to by other Synopsys software. The customer did
not want to use a beta version of 1993 VSS that Synopsys has for the
obvious reasons of nervousness, and they could not switch to Model Tech
because they were too far down the road with the rest of their system in VSS.
So a good fairy backed down our model to 1987 for them.
Is this for real? Did Synopsys really do that to them?!?!
- Frederick Hinchliffe
Technical Data Freeway Concord, MA
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