Timothy Normand Miller wrote:

> > 4) Verilog model --Icarus--> netlist --(OPAQUE contract service)--> ASIC
> > graphics card is directly usable (this isn't really a "development
> > cycle" because it takes months and close to a million dollars each
> cycle).
> 
> Remove Icarus and netlist from that.  We'd probably have to buy a
> license for one of the really expensive tools like Cadence's Build
> Gates or Synopsys Design Compiler.  We would use that and provide the
> netlist to the fabricator who would be responsible for P&R.

What can the really expensive tools do that Icarus can't?


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