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| ====== NS (EDA Software) ====== | ====== NS (EDA Software) ====== |
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| NS was the Electronics Design Automation (EDA) software written by [[category:people:jim_cherry|Jim Cherry]], [[category:people:neil_mayle|Neil Mayle]], [[category:people:david_tan|David Tan]], [[category:people:clark_m_baker|Clark Baker]] and [[category:people:neil_weste|Neil Weste]] for the [[category:history:symbolics|Symbolics]] [[category:hardware:lispm|Lisp Machines]]. | NS was the Electronics Design Automation (EDA) software written by [[category:people:jim_cherry|Jim Cherry]], [[category:people:neil_mayle|Neil Mayle]], [[category:people:howie_strobe|Howie Strobe]], [[category:people:kalman_reti|Kalman Reti]], [[category:henry_minsky|Henry Minsky]], [[category:people:clark_m_baker|Clark Baker]] and [[category:people:neil_weste|Neil Weste]] for the [[category:history:symbolics|Symbolics]] [[category:hardware:lispm|Lisp Machines]]. |
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| While the software was originally developed and owned by Symbolics, [[category:people:chris_terman|Chris Terman]], [[category:people:doug_leonard|Doug Leonard]], Neil and [[category:people:bruce_davis|Bruce Davis]] founded [[category:history:tlw|TLW Inc.]] and later exchanged the rights to NS for design work in the later years pending Symbolics' collapse. | While the software was originally developed and owned by Symbolics, [[category:people:chris_terman|Chris Terman]], [[category:people:doug_leonard|Doug Leonard]], Neil and [[category:people:bruce_davis|Bruce Davis]] founded [[category:history:tlw|TLW Inc.]] and later exchanged design work in the later years leading up to Symbolics' collapse for the rights to NS. |
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| [[category:people:jim_cherry|Jim Cherry]] made significant contributions to the original implementation of NS, notably developing the [[category:concepts:timing analyzer|Timing Analyzer]] which was later reused in [[category:history:cadence|Cadence's]] [[category:software:cadence:skill|EDA software]]. | [[category:people:jim_cherry|Jim Cherry]] made significant contributions to the original implementation of NS, notably developing the [[category:concepts:timing analyzer|Timing Analyzer]] which was later reused in [[category:history:cadence|Cadence's]] [[category:software:cadence:skill|EDA software]]. |
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| [[category:neil_mayle|Neil Mayle]] and [[category:henry_minsky|Henry Minksy]] also made some contributions to NS. | |
