gEDA-dev: Re: Synopsys SWIFT interface

[Stephen Williams]

Aanjhan,

Did anything come of this? I'd really like to make some headway
on supporting smart models.


Stephen Williams wrote:
> Aanjhan R wrote:
>> Hi Steve,
>>
>> On 1/31/07, Stephen Williams
>> <steve at icarus.com> wrote:
>>> So I'm trying to find someone who has access to these tools who
>>> can help me figure out what I need to make some test models that
>>> help me debug my interface.
>>>
>> May be I can. I know a very close friend of mine who works for
>> synopsys and has access to these tools. I can try to get some test
>> models. But I am absolutely clueless on SWIFT Interface. So you might
>> have to tell me your requirements and I will see whether I can be of
>> any help.
> 
> That would be VERY kool! I'm trying to get some traction with this
> problem because Xilinx has some elaborate models that it would be
> nice to support. But what I need first is some tiny models that I
> can use for debug -- something that just prints its inputs, does
> something simple, and sends an output would be helpful.
> 
> I was at one time able to load the lmtv module that was compiled
> for Cadence, and use that in turn to load the PPC SWIFT model, but
> that was far to elaborate a model for me to get traction on what
> was going wrong.
> 
> Now if I was somehow able to get Synopsys interested in actively
> helping me support SWIFT on Icarus Verilog (and why not, they have
> support for a bunch of other simulators) that would be very ideal.
> 
> E-mail me directly and maybe we can work this thread.
> 
> Thanks,


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