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netlist visualization
GOF, Gates On the Fly, GUI netlist debug/ECO tool.
Verdi, RTL and netlist debug tool.
GateVision, Netlist Analyzer.
An experiment has done to compare GOF with Verdi and GateVision's schematic feature. (Verdi has powerful RTL debug feature, this experiment only covered it's netlist processing and schematic engine).
To load 378M bytes netlist files on Pentium 4 Linux machine.
Load time, GateVision has longest time to load, 220 seconds. Verdi 130 seconds. GOF takes 70 only seconds.
Memory usage, Verdi has worst memory usage control. It needs 1.5 G bytes. GOF uses 643M bytes to process the 375M bytes netlists. GateVision runs a program to convert netlist to compressed data format which uses peak as much as 1.4 G bytes. After the conversion is done, it only takes 431M bytes.
Partial Schematic Interactivity, Verdi and GateVision have weak partial schematic interactivity. Users can't control the cells and wires location. GOF has very strong interactivity. Users can change cells position any time and edit/add/delete cells and connections.
ECO capability, GateVision doesn't have ECO features. Verdi/nECO has limited netlist ECO function. GOF has much more complete ECO operations.
Check link for detail
GateVision: www.concept.de/gv_index.html
Verdi/nECO: www.novas.com
GOF: www.nandigits.com
GOF, Gates On the Fly, GUI netlist debug/ECO tool.
Verdi, RTL and netlist debug tool.
GateVision, Netlist Analyzer.
An experiment has done to compare GOF with Verdi and GateVision's schematic feature. (Verdi has powerful RTL debug feature, this experiment only covered it's netlist processing and schematic engine).
To load 378M bytes netlist files on Pentium 4 Linux machine.
Load time, GateVision has longest time to load, 220 seconds. Verdi 130 seconds. GOF takes 70 only seconds.
Memory usage, Verdi has worst memory usage control. It needs 1.5 G bytes. GOF uses 643M bytes to process the 375M bytes netlists. GateVision runs a program to convert netlist to compressed data format which uses peak as much as 1.4 G bytes. After the conversion is done, it only takes 431M bytes.
Partial Schematic Interactivity, Verdi and GateVision have weak partial schematic interactivity. Users can't control the cells and wires location. GOF has very strong interactivity. Users can change cells position any time and edit/add/delete cells and connections.
ECO capability, GateVision doesn't have ECO features. Verdi/nECO has limited netlist ECO function. GOF has much more complete ECO operations.
Check link for detail
GateVision: www.concept.de/gv_index.html
Verdi/nECO: www.novas.com
GOF: www.nandigits.com