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Re:KiCad 8.0 by Always42 on Saturday February 24, 2024 @05:19AM (#39490526)
I use altium professionaly, and kicad for personal projects.

it it more than capable for what I need (think simple 4layer boards) and overall kicad 7 has been a great experience on apple silicon.

I have not attempted high layer count or high speed design (ddr4 ram etc.). so I cannot speak to how it performs here.

but I plan to continue using it for personal projects. if I where to do a startup I would also probably use kicad.

Re:KiCad 8.0 by mirasmithy on Monday February 26, 2024 @07:00PM (#39518384)
While it's not quite as high speed as DDR4, I've designed some simple PCIe board with KiCAD (OCuLink to PCIe x4, M2 A+E to 2.5GbE). It does require some hand-holding though.

Edit: Completing comment