Replies to post #29789 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[HailMary]

synopsys eda tools which support opteron:

Pretty impressive list there. This combined with Mentor's Calibre announcement you posted yesterday should make Opteron the platform to have for chip design.

I wonder what platforms Intel is using to develop their next generation chips. Itanium and Xeon running Linux? I'm almost certain AMD is using exclusively Opterons and Athlons running Linux. I think an AMD exec even stated that future AMD processors would be developed entirely on AMD hardware.

Anyone else following EDA developments? How does Itanium porting stand up to Opteron porting?

[Petz]

Interesting to compare Synopsis' Itanium support to Opteron -

Opteron Only
AstroRail
HDL Compiler (isn't this a real biggy?)
Module Compiler
PrimePower
VCS
Vera

Itanium ONLY
PathMill® (scheduled for April Opteron support)
TetraMAX (scheduled for April Opteron support)

Itanium and Opteron
Astro
Design Compiler
DFT Compiler™
Formality®
Hercules™
JupiterXT™
Milkyway
NanoSim™
Physical Compiler
Power Compiler™
PrimeTime
Star-RCXT

Scheduled for Q1'04 Itanium "limited customer availability" (gonna miss?)
VCS (already supported on Opteron)
Vera (already supported on Opteron)

Opteron info based on the replied-to post. Itanium info based on latest update on synopsis' site: http://www.synopsys.com/news/announce/press2003/itanium_pr.html

Petz