Linux Journal: Icarus Verilog: Open-Source Verilog More Than a Year Later

“About 16 months ago, in the February 2001 Linux Journal… we
reviewed the state of open source in electronic design automation
(EDA) with an interview that focused on Stephen Williams, the
author of a leading open-source EDA project, the Icarus Verilog
compiler…

“We can look back and forward to the benefits that open-source
development methods bring to projects like Icarus Verilog. This
article offers more technical details on design with Verilog, as
well as explores some of the technical basis for the Icarus Verilog
compiler. Also, at the end of this article, we list some excellent
reference books on Verilog, as well as web site addresses where you
can find information on numerous alternative open-source EDA
projects.

“Icarus Verilog is a command-line tool that compiles the source
design, written in Verilog, to the target format. Normally, the
target format is the input to the vvp simulation engine, but there
are other target formats that can be selected at the command
line…”

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