The EDA Trade Press

• ISD Magazine has run a number of articles and editorials about Linux and EDA.
  Search ISD Magazine for Linux using AltaVista.
• EE Times has had some articles about Linux.
  Search EE Times/EDTN for Linux with Altavista

Miscellaneous articles

• Linux Vs. NT Shootout Transcript. Read it to find out why Microsoft thinks scripting is "almost a failing of Unix, not a virtue".
• Why Most Engineers Insist on UNIX (4/98)
• An Open Letter to the EDA Industry (5/98)
• Linux Wins the Shootout with Windows NT (8/98)
• Linux Has what it Takes for EDA (9/98)
• Engineers Speak Out, Part 1 (7/98)
• Engineers Speak Out, Part 2 (8/98)
• EDA Platform Wars
• NT Making Inroads, but not as Fast as Expected
• 'Real' designers reject Windows NT (10/23/98)
• Linux slouches toward the EDA mainstream (10/18/98)
• Synopsys brings Linux into EDA mainstream (3/29/99)
• Unix Beats Back NT In EDA Workstation Arena (07/01/99)
• Test and Measurement World had a great article about Linux.

Press releases of interest:

• Synopsys, Inc. announces Linux support for their Complete High-Level Design Suite!
• Mentor ports IC Station to Linux "Claiming to offer the first complete, full-custom IC design solution on Linux, Mentor Graphics Corp. has announced that its entire suite of IC Station products is now available on the open-source operating system." You can also find the press release on Mentor's site.
• Chronology Inc. has added Linux support to its QuickBench verification suite, which helps automate testbench creation.
• Verisity announces SpecMan Elite for Linux.
• TransEDA announces the availability of their Verification Navigator for Linux.
• Cadence announces Linux support. Note that I was unable to find any reference to this announcement on Cadence's own website.
• Mentor Graphics press release for Calibre physical verification on Linux
• Model Technology press release for ModelSim on Linux.
• Synopsys press release for VCS on Linux
• Mentor Graphics Calibre Physical Verification Tool Supports Linux (8/16/99)
• VeriBest Provides HDL Solutions for UNIX Solaris and Linux (5/24/99) "VeriBest will port its VHDL simulator to Unix in 4Q1999 with other HDL products and Linux to follow in 1Q2000"

Other Links for News and Information

• LinuxLinks.com has a big list of electronic design software for Linux.
• Linux.com, a good Linux portal site for beginners
• Linux Weekly News, a concise summary of Linux news and review of media coverage.
• Slashdot, a news and rumours site.
• Kernelnotes.org, a Linux portal site for wizards
• Electrical and Related Software at Scientific Applications on Linux.
• The UNIX vs NT site, a UNIX advocacy site.

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