When One EDA blog is not enough
Sean Murphy is now famous for organizing bloggers at DAC 2008 in Anaheim. Check out his list of EDA bloggers.
EDAC Entertainment Dud
Sunday evening EDAC did something different by trying to entertain the DAC audience with a game show, well it was novel yet I predict a show that will not be repeated. In years gone by…
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…
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.…
Quickturn deja vu
Flomerics management is urging shareholders to reject the bid by Mentor Graphics, and this reminds me of when Mentor tried to acquire Quickturn.
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…
Is BlueSpec dating Denali?
If Denali falls in love with using the BlueSpec tools to create their IP then wouldn’t it make sense for them to merge sometime into the future? If a merger were going to happen then I would…
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This special offer is to encourage you to invite friends and colleagues to register with DAC for a Free Exhibit Pass. This promotion includes complementary admission to the Exhibit Floor, Exhibitor Forum, Turing Award and…
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…
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