!!! "It's not a BUG, 
/o o\ / it's a FEATURE!" (508) 429-4357
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\ - / SNUG'04 Trip Report:
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A Survey of 148 Engineers on Synopsys vs. its Rivals
by John Cooley
Moderator Of The E-mail Synopsys Users Group (ESNUG)
The 14th Annual Synopsys Users Group Meeting (SNUG'04)
in San Jose, CA, March 15th - 17th, 2004
"I am still amazed today after using the tool for 6 months that anyone
would have the balls to actually try to sell something this bad."
- Robert Maxwell of Mediaworks-ISI reviewing Avanti Cosmos
( SNUG 04 Subjects ) --------------------------------------------- [08/11/04]
Item 1: The Synopsys/Avanti Customer Demographics
Item 2: Customers Rate The Best & The Worst Synopsys/Avanti Tools
Item 3: VCS, SystemC, System Verilog, Synopsys Formality, Magellan, DW
Item 4: DC 2003.06 vs. DC 2003.12 vs. DC 2004.06 (Nighthawk2)
Item 5: Design Compiler vs. Cadence Ambit/Get2chips, Synplicity ASIC, Magma
Item 6: Synopsys DFT Compiler/TetraMAX vs. Mentor DFT Advisor/FastScan
Item 7: LogicVision, Mentor TestKompress, Synopsys SocBIST
Item 8: Astro, Apollo, Cadence, Magma P&R
Item 9: Cadence Virtuoso, Avanti Cosmos, SiCanvas Laker, Avanti Saber
Item 10: PrimeTime
Item 11: Synopsys PhysOpt, Galileo
Item 12: Mentor Calibre, Avanti Hercules, Cadence Assura
Item 13: Avanti Star-RCXT, Cadence Simplex Fire & Ice, Mentor Calibre-xRC
Item 14: Synopsys PrimeTime-SI vs. Cadence CeltIC
Item 15: Synopsys AstroRail vs. Cadence Simplex VoltageStorm
Item 16: DC-FPGA and FPGA Compiler II
Item 17: Nassda HSIM, Avanti HSPICE, NanoSim, Mentor Eldo, Cadence Ultrasim
Item 18: Synopsys Power Compiler & PrimePower, Sequence PowerTheater
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Trying to figure out a Synopsys bug? Want to hear how 17,088 other users
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!!! "It's not a BUG,
/o o\ / it's a FEATURE!" (508) 429-4357
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\ - / - John Cooley, EDA & ASIC Design Consultant in Synopsys,
_] [_ Verilog, VHDL and numerous Design Methodologies.
Holliston Poor Farm, P.O. Box 6222, Holliston, MA 01746-6222
Legal Disclaimer: "As always, anything said here is only opinion."
The complete, searchable ESNUG Archive Site is at http://www.DeepChip.com
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