Where is all the open-source EDA software?
There is a big cultural difference between tools for IC design and tools for software design. A difference in the way they are developed, the way they are sold, the way they are deployed. I think there are two reasons.
Firstly, IC designers are not software designers (duh!) and so are not generally capable of writing or extensively modifying their own tools, so it doesn’t cross their mind that it might be a good use of their time to do so. After all, it wouldn’t be.
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