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The One Tool That Makes Chip Design Actually Possible
· 11 min · S1 E28
Episode The One Tool That Makes Chip Design Actually Possible
Lucas and Luna crack open the most underappreciated piece of silicon infrastructure: the electronic design automation (EDA) software that lets engineers build chips with billions of transistors. They trace the history from early SPICE simulations to modern place-and-route tools, explain why EDA is a $15 billion market dominated by just three companies, and reveal how open-source tools like Chisel are challenging the old guard. Along the way, they touch on why a single EDA license can cost $500,000 and how chip startups are using cloud-based tools to race to tapeout. A concrete look at the invisible layer between a chip's schematic and the fab.
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