According to Dr. Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics Corp., verification has to improve and change every year just to keep up with the rapidly changing semiconductor technology. Fortunately, the innovations are running ahead of the technology and there are no fundamental reasons why we cannot adequately verify the most complex chips andContinue reading “Accelerating EDA innovation through SoC design methodology convergence”
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Cadence now realizing EDA 360 vision: Nimish Modi
The EDA 360 was an industry vision. It reflected a change in market requirements. It was application driven system design. From a Cadence perspective, the company has done system design enablement, according to Nimish Modi, senior VP, marketing and business development, Cadence Design Systems Inc. In Apple’s case, the iOS is unique. Cadence feels thatContinue reading “Cadence now realizing EDA 360 vision: Nimish Modi”
Atrenta on outlook for EDA in 2014
I had interacted with Dr. Ajoy Bose, CEO of Atrenta, some months ago. It was a pleasure to meet up with Piyush Sancheti, VP of Marketing recently. First, I asked him about the outlook for EDA in 2014. Outlook for EDA Piyush Sancheti said: “EDA does not look that attractive from growth point. However, youContinue reading “Atrenta on outlook for EDA in 2014”
Higher levels of abstraction growth area for EDA
San Jose, USA-based Atrenta’s SpyGlass Predictive Analyzer gives engineers a powerful guidance dashboard that enables efficient verification and optimization of SoC designs early, before expensive and time-consuming traditional EDA tools are deployed. I recently met up with Dr. Ajoy Bose, chairman, president and CEO, Atrenta, to find out more. I started by asking how AtrentaContinue reading “Higher levels of abstraction growth area for EDA”
Embedded software: Next revolution in EDA
There is a key lesson that Mentor Graphics made while trying to deliver solutions that were right for software and hardware developers. The lesson was: tailor the software to the discipline! Make it as similar to their environment as possible!! Delivering his speech at the ongoing 13th Global Electronics Summit in Santa Cruz, USA, Dr.Continue reading “Embedded software: Next revolution in EDA”
Next wave of design challenges, and future growth of EDA: Dr. Wally Rhines
Today, EDA requires specialization. Elaborating on EDA over the past decade, Dr. Walden (Wally) C. Rhines, chairman and CEO, of Mentor Graphics, and vice chairman of the EDA Consortium, USA, said that PCB design has been flat despite growth in analysis, DFM and new emerging markets. Front end design has seen growth from RF/analog designContinue reading “Next wave of design challenges, and future growth of EDA: Dr. Wally Rhines”
Dr. Wally Rhines on global EDA industry
It is always a pleasure interacting with Dr. Walden (Wally) C. Rhines, the chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics, and vice chairman of the EDA Consortium, USA. I started by enquiring about the global semiconductor industry. Dr. Wally Rhines said: “The absolute size of the semiconductor industry (in terms or total revenue) differs depending on whichContinue reading “Dr. Wally Rhines on global EDA industry”
Realizing EDA360: Charlie Huang, Cadence
Long-term trends are strong for semiconductor and electronics. According to databeans estimate (Feb. 2011), semiconductor revenue will likely reach $450 billion by 2015 and electronics revenuw will likely reach $2,800 billion by 2015. Speaking at the CDNLive! 2011 event in Bangalore, India, Charlie Huang, SVP of Worldwide Field Operations, Cadence Design Systems Inc., said thatContinue reading “Realizing EDA360: Charlie Huang, Cadence”
Now, there is EDA software piracy!
Great! That’s what was required!! As though software piracy isn’t enough, there is now an article about EDA software piracy!!! According to the article, the anti-piracy committee of the Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDAC) estimates that 30-40 percent of all EDA software use is via pirated licenses. That’s a huge number! What are the chiefContinue reading “Now, there is EDA software piracy!”
Slew of EDA announcements @ DAC 2011
The Design and Automation Conference (DAC) 2011, kicked off today in San Diego, USA, with its usual slew of announcements. Leading the pack were Magma Design Automation and Cadence Design Systems, along with Synopsys, Mentor Graphics, and several others. Magma Design Automation Inc. announced a partnership with Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS to developContinue reading “Slew of EDA announcements @ DAC 2011”
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