Prototypes: What is a prototype?

By _EETimes Blog

November 22, 2011

A few weeks ago, I asked several EDA vendors for their opinions about the prototyping market. I asked how they categorized prototyping, who created the models, what were they used for, roadblocks in adoption and their opinions about the future of prototyping. This is the first of a series of articles that will attempt to bring all of those answers together and to provide a comprehensive view of the prototyping space. If you are considering inserting a prototype into your design flow, which ones are likely to provide you with the most value and what are the difficulties you can expect to face? I hope by the conclusion of this series that you will be a lot more informed about the choices, or at the very least know the right questions to ask and who to talk to about them. Not everyone responded to my request, so there are some prototyping products available that are not mentioned here or discussed at all.

Let’s get started. The first question I asked them was: what is a prototype?

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