( ESNUG 384 Item 12 ) ------------------------------------------- [12/06/01]
Subject: All I Care About Is FPGAs -- And This Has Nothing To Do With FPGAs
From: "William E Lenihan III" <wlenihan@west.raytheon.com>
As an FPGA Designer (almost exclusively) it seems to mean nothing to me.
Synopsys FPGA Synthesis is so poor compared to the competition they are a
non-factor -- notwithstanding EE Times articles quoting Synopsys VP's about
their renewed commitment to FPGAs -- and I'm not aware of anything for
FPGAs from Avanti.
Model Tech, Synplicity, and the FPGA vendors are the companies on my watch
list. And of those, Synplicity is the one I worry about, not because they
aren't doing well, but because they are a guppy in an EDA ocean of sharks.
If Model Tech and Exemplar got eaten up by a Great White (Mentor), then it's
only a matter of time before Synplicity gets bitten, too.
(BTW, I LOVE Synplicity's tools, that's why I'm so protective of them.
Synplicity' Synplify is my personal gold standard for EDA tool quality.)
- Bill Lenihan
Raytheon Systems Company
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