It's not a behavioral-synthesis tool, but it is more intelligent than just a translator.

I don't want this to be an academic exercise. The goal is to have it be used by real engineers to solve real problems in the industry.

In software engineering, I can get all of these wonderful tools developed by brilliant people for free. In some cases, the real innovation occurs in the open-source world. I really believe hardware design has the potential to become just another software-engineering process.

It's not an appraisal, it's more of a sales tool.

They might not think that this guy is very intelligent.

I am not being an alarmist but these things get really large. They are really intelligent. They can find bird rookeries. And they can remember from year to year where to go back.