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< li > Started in 1998 as a hobby home project when i was working at STM.< / li >
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< li > First versions were developed on Solaris Sparc, then on linux.< / li >
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< li > Subversion local repository in 2007.< / li >
< li > < a href = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/xschem" > Sourceforge< / a > svn repository in December 2016.< / li >
< li > Development boost happened in 2018 to present:< / li >
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< li > More graphic primitives (polygons, arcs, circles).< / li >
< li > Automatic < a href = "http://repo.hu/projects/scconfig" > 'configure'< / a > configuration.< / li >
< li > standard location of installed files / docs / rcfiles.< / li >
< li > Lot of improvements and bug fixes.< / li >
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< li > Some small startups start using Xschem in 2019, getting feedbacks, bug reports and requests for improvements.< / li >
< li > Succesfully simulated designs (even complete systems) on
< a href = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/ngspice" > NGSPICE< / a > ,
< a href = "https://xyce.sandia.gov" > Xyce< / a > , HSPICE,
< a href = "ftp://icarus.com/pub/eda/verilog/v10" > Icarus Verilog< / a > , ModelSim,
< a href = "https://github.com/ghdl/ghdl" > GHDL< / a > . Generic interface to simulation engines added in 2019.
< li > Bindings for < a href = "https://sourceforge.net/projects/gtkwave/" > Gtkwave< / a > , < a href = "http://gaw.tuxfamily.org/" > Gaw< / a > (Gwave improvement) for waveforms in 2019.< / li >
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< li > Adding bindings to other simulators (free/proprietary) and viewers is extremely simple (edit simrc file).< / li >
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< li > In 2020 created github repository, Joined the Skywater Free and Open source Silicon Initiative (FOSSi),
created symbol libraries for the 130nm process node, get lot of user feedback.< / li >
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