A Comprehensive Approach for Testing EDA Tools in Linux Environment

The majority of EDA tools exist under Linux. Testing requirements for EDA tools include common factors as well as product specifics. Factors such as software delivery time (SDT) or software quality (SQ) play a significant role for winning the market. However, having a testing framework for EDA tools allowing acceptable SDT and SQ is also a challenging task as there is no ready solution for all products. This work introduces universal methodologies that can be applied by quality assurance (QA) teams to improve STD and SQ of their EDA products.