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Tools

• ghdl: VHDL compiler

• iverilog: verilog compiler

• bsc: BlueSpec compiler

• yosys: hls tool

• nextptr: placement and routing

• qflow

• Verilator: Fast simulation for verilog designs

  • Fast because design is compiled to C++ and then run

• openfpgaloader

• migen

HDLs

'Nouvelle vogue':

• pyRTL

• pyrope

• Clash (Haskell)

• Chisel (Scala)

• hardcaml (OCaml)

• amaranth (experimental): a python library

Old guard:

• SystemVerilog

Misc

• TL-X: A new paradigm for hardware design ?
  • Something higher level than RTL ?
• HardwareX: An open access journal owned by Elsevier
• OSHWA: Open source hardware assocation

Companies making boards:

• Arduino
• Raspberry Pi
• AdaFruit

Proprietary tools

• Xilinx Vivado
  • Xilinx ISE was there before this.
• Intel Quartus

By the looks of it, these are unnecessarily heavy on memory and not so user friendly.