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DAC 2008

Daniel’s DAC list of companies to see

I’m a SPICE and transistor-level IC guy so will make the rounds on Monday to see: Nascentric (OmegaSim – FastSPICE) Berkeley DA (Analog FastSPICE) Synopsys (HSIM, NanoSim – FastSPICE) Mentor (AdIT – FastSPICE) Cadence (UltraSim… Daniel’s DAC list of companies to see

Free Custom IC Layout Tools

Cadence dominates the custom IC layout market and CiraNova gets a lot of attention about automating analog layout, but I’m here to tell you about an interesting company called Micro Magic that is offering a free IC layout viewer called MAX-View.… Free Custom IC Layout Tools

Q1 Financial Summary

Bad NewsMentor – Lost $0.30/share on revenue of $179.2M with estimates of Q2 revenue at $173M and a loss of $0.23/share. Q1 is historically Mentor’s weakest quarter plus they exited the IP business. Good NewsSynopsys – Earned… Q1 Financial Summary

Mentor Graphics

EDA hostility

Mentor Graphics has bid to acquire Flomerics after purchasing some 26% of their stock. Flomerics has simulators for: Electronics Cooling, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, and Building HVAC. What I see is that 1/3rd of Flomerics products have a direct connection… EDA hostility