The Glue that Binds EDA Together
It’s been widely reported that for every $1 spent on EDA tools that the users end up spending another $3 to make the flow of… Read More »The Glue that Binds EDA Together
It’s been widely reported that for every $1 spent on EDA tools that the users end up spending another $3 to make the flow of… Read More »The Glue that Binds EDA Together
The good financial news at Mentor was a profit for the quarter. The bad news was that layoffs are coming caused by a decrease in… Read More »Staying Employed in EDA
Today Cadence announced massive revenue declines for the 4th quarter of 2008, http://biz.yahoo.com/iw/090204/0471345.html At this rate of revenue decline it’s quite possible that Mentor will… Read More »Will Mentor Pass Cadence in 2009 to the #2 Spot in EDA?
I love winners and now you can vote for your favorite EDA tools of the year at the EDN Innovation Awards web site: http://www.edn.com/info/CA6630810.html?industryid=48661 Online… Read More »23 Days Left to Vote for EDN Innovation Awards
Mentor wisely purchased the C synthesis tools from Agility Design Solutions (Celoxica). I call it wise because Mentor is growing their Catapult synthesis tool in… Read More »The Strong get Stronger
In 2009 I expect that EDA companies will continue to merge in order to stay financially viable. Here are a few rules and questions that… Read More »Merry Mergers
The need for speed is ever present to transistor-level circuit design engineers and now Cadence offers them some instant relief with APS – Accelerated Parallel… Read More »Cadence adds Parallel SPICE to Spectre
When you hear the phrase, “Massively Parallel Processor Array” what company name comes to mind? Did you think, Ambric? No, neither did I, which maybe… Read More »Massively Parallel Processor Array
What a way to crash the former #1 EDA company: Start a hostile bid for another company amidst an uproar of opposition Fail in your… Read More »Cadence crash followed by an ambulance chaser
Last month we saw Infinisim announce a new SPICE simulator and this month it’s a company called Gemini. What’s new with Gemini is that they… Read More »A More Efficient SPICE Simulator