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Gary Smith EDA (GSEDA) is the leading provider of market intelligence and advisory services for the global Electronic Design Automation (EDA), Electronic System Level (ESL) design, and related technology markets.

Analyzed the mix of In-House tools and commercial tools, optimizing for best cost/competitive mix.

Set standard design language usage throughout a multi-division, multi-location design organization that had been fragmented by acquisitions.

Provided short lists or EDA vendors for benchmarking tools, lowering each benchmarking cost by $120,000.

Recommended design flows for mixed-signal ICs.

Provided comparable tool options for contract negotiations.

Worked on an internal team to upgrade the companies Designer from Mainstream to Power users (a four year program).

Set purchasing strategies to upgrade EDA vendor support, increasing design team efficiency and decreasing design costs.

Held a four month methodology review recommending design team changes that lowered overall costs.

Analyzed the use of off-shore resources and associated costs.

Restructured purchasing strategies to eliminate the costly purchase of non-optimal or seldom used EDA tools.

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  Industry Note

  DAC 2010 – The Turn-a-Round DAC
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  DAC 2010 – The Turn-a-Round DAC

  This year’s DAC had the right mix of Exhibits, Panels, Technical Sessions and attendees for emerging Electronic System Design (and ESL) Market. Attendance was high quality. Other topics: 3DICs, Peggy, Gadi Singer, Wallcharts and the electric cart experiment.
  

  Cost: FREE

  
  
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  Market Statistic

  2009 Market Share
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  2009 Market Share

  The full market share report covers market size and share data for the entire EDA industry, as well as more granularities into market data for each of the CAE (ESL + RTL + Gate), IC (CAD) and PCB applications in all regions
  

  Cost: $5,000

  
  
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  Research Viewpoint

  DFM Matures
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  DFM Matures

  At 45nm and below, RDR (Restricted Design Rules) with DFM are common. How are RDR affecting designs? How can Mainstream and Power users design and compete as nodes shrink? Includes DFM Market Share 2008, DFM Forecast 2009, EDA Revenue and Cost of Design by User category (Power vs. Mainstream).
  

  Cost: $500

  
  
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  Research Viewpoint

  Gary Smith EDA at DAC Presentations
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  Gary Smith EDA at DAC Presentations

  Gary Smith Don’t Panic! SoC Costs "Will" Come Down EDA Industry is in a state of panic right now. Don't worry, once we get the price of an SoC Design under $25M, we'll resume healthy revenue growth.
  
  Mary Olsson 3D Packaging Rises to the Level of Silicon Advances in 3D package design are putting the "A" back in EDA. However, miscommunication and design gaps at the silicon level still impact packaging performance.
  

  Cost: $2,000

  
  

• Research Viewpoints

  

  DFM Matures At 45nm and below, RDR (Restricted Design Rules) with DFM are common. How are RDR affecting designs? How can Mainstream and Power users design and compete as nodes shrink? Includes DFM Market Share 2008, DFM Forecast 2009, EDA Revenue and Cost of Design by User category (Power vs. Mainstream). Cost: $500 x Pay By Check / PO 3D Packaging Rises to the Level of Silicon Advances in 3D package design are putting the "A" back in EDA. However, miscommunication and design gaps at the silicon level still impact packaging performance by Cost: $1,000 x Pay By Check / PO CAE & CAD-CAM Wallchart RV: CAE (RTL and below) and CAD-CAM Wallcharts Only a few changes to these WallCharts this year. As the methodology matures more and more of the sub-apps are being integrated into other tools. Includes each company addition by sub-application and analysis of the change in the sub-application. Cost: $500 x Pay By Check / PO What To See at DAC Research Viewpoint 15th annual write up and Monday morning DAC pavilion presentation of 'must see' products at the 47th DAC 2010 with a detailed analysis of the products, categories and why you 'must see' them. To post/ reprint the list and/or use GSEDA logo, purchase the RV for $500. Cost: $500 x Pay By Check / PO 2Q2010 Forecast Update: EDA Outlook Becoming Rosier It has been a long wait, but the EDA industry is finally looking forward to its growth slowly climbing upward. What areas will grow from the increased EDA spending? Includes 5 year EDA forecast. Cost: $1000.00 x Pay By Check / PO

  Gary Smith EDA at DAC Presentations Gary Smith Don’t Panic! SoC Costs "Will" Come Down EDA Industry is in a state of panic right now. Don't worry, once we get the price of an SoC Design under $25M, we'll resume healthy revenue growth. Mary Olsson 3D Packaging Rises to the Level of Silicon Advances in 3D package design are putting the "A" back in EDA. However, miscommunication and design gaps at the silicon level still impact packaging performance. Cost: $2,000 x Pay By Check / PO Don’t Panic! SoC Costs "Will" Come Down EDA Industry is in a state of panic right now. Don't worry, once we get the price of an SoC Design under $25M, we'll resume healthy revenue growth by Gary Smith Cost: $1,000 x Pay By Check / PO ESL Wallchart RV: ESL Wallchart –The Battle is On No major changes to the ESL WallChart this year. The big news is that the Big Three have now all woken up to the challenge. Includes each company addition by sub-application and analysis of the change in the sub-application. Cost: $500 x Pay By Check / PO High Touch/ Low Touch Marketing and Sales in EDA One of the surprises that ESL design is bringing to the EDA vendors concerns their sales and marketing channels. The chaos in the technical publications business points out the problem. Includes 2008 Seat Count at RTL and ESL as well as 5 recommendations for the Low Touch market. Write up and Powerpoint presentation included. Cost: $750 x Pay By Check / PO 4Q09 Analog/Mixed-Signal Financials Analysis of revenue, trends in the market and indicators to watch for future growth. 3 Tables reviewing AMS Semi Companies: 4Q09 Earnings; Sequential Quarterly Earnings 3Q/ 4Q09; 4Q09 vs. 4Q08 Earnings. 2 Figures with analysis of R&D Investment and Application Revenue Share. Cost: $500.00 x Pay By Check / PO

  Research Viewpoints Archives | 2008 | 2009 | 2007

• Market Statistics

  

  2009 Market Share The full market share report covers market size and share data for the entire EDA industry, as well as more granularities into market data for each of the CAE (ESL + RTL + Gate), IC (CAD) and PCB applications in all regions Cost: $5,000 x Pay By Check / PO 2009 Market Trends: ESL The ESL Market Trends report includes market share, market forecast and analysis by sub-applications for the ESL sub-applications. For more information, please review the detailed table of contents and figures. Cost: $2000 x Pay By Check / PO 2009 Market Trends: RTL and Below The RTL and Below Market Trends report includes market share, market forecast and analysis by sub-applications for the RTL and Below sub-applications. For more information, please review the detailed table of contents and figures. Cost: $3000 x Pay By Check / PO Analog, RF, and Custom Market Trends This report will discuss the trends, 2008 market share and forecast for the Analog, RF and Custom sub-application sections of ESL, RTL IC CAD and PCB applications of the EDA market.. Cost: $2000 x Pay By Check / PO HDL Seat Count Throughout the years our most popular non-published research has been HDL Seat Count report. This year we have added new survey results that increase the scope of the document to include regional splits as well as the total HDL seats, HDL ASIC+ seats, HDL FPGA seats with breakdowns of Verilog and VDHL seats... Cost: $1000 x Pay By Check / PO

  2009 Market Trends: Complete Report ESL, RTL and Below, IC CAD and PCB. The Complete Market Trends report includes market share, market forecast and analysis by sub-applications for ESL, RTL and Below, IC CAD and PCB applications. For more information, please review the abstract, detailed table of contents and figures. Cost: $10,000 x Pay By Check / PO 2009 Market Trends: IC CAD The IC CAD Market Trends report includes market share, market forecast and analysis by sub-applications for the IC CAD sub-applications. For more information, please review the detailed table of contents and figures. Cost: $2000 x Pay By Check / PO 2009 Market Trends: PCB The PCB Market Trends report includes market share, market forecast and analysis by sub-applications for the PCB sub-applications. For more information, please review the detailed table of contents and figures. Cost: $1000 x Pay By Check / PO 2009 Market Forecast The EDA market is in the midst of a methodology inflection point that happens to be coinciding with the worst economic environment in decades. What does this mean to EDA? Report containing five-year future projections for industry growth. Cost: $5000 x Pay By Check / PO

  Market Statistics Archives | 2009 | 2008

• Industry Notes

  

  DAC 2010 – The Turn-a-Round DAC This year’s DAC had the right mix of Exhibits, Panels, Technical Sessions and attendees for emerging Electronic System Design (and ESL) Market. Attendance was high quality. Other topics: 3DICs, Peggy, Gadi Singer, Wallcharts and the electric cart experiment. Warning: fread() [function.fread]: Length parameter must be greater than 0 in /home2/garysmi2/public_html/includes/itemTbls.php on line 55 0 comments Cost: FREE The First Honest FPGA Pitch Ok, so maybe I’m exaggerating, but Moshe’s (Xilinx) keynote at SNUG was certainly the first one I’ve seen. In the 1980s, the FPGA marketing establishment started exaggerating their capabilities. Moshe put an end to the exaggerated marketing claims because at 45nm an FPGA had enough gates to do true SoC designs. Cost: FREE DATE 2010: a Missed Opportunity for ESL Vendors DATE 2010 was a pleasant surprise and success. The venue was good; the technical conference was excellent; attendance was high quality with the continued shift to Systems and Embedded engineers and the show floor was busy. ‘Why was the show floor so poorly attended by ESL vendors?’ Poor EDA marketing 4 comments Cost: FREE 2009年亞太地區電子設計自動化會議 2009年，在日本橫濱舉行的第十四屆亞太地區電子設計自動化會議，內容相當活潑，技術成果的發表也十分傑出。 Cost: FREE ARM TechCon: Is Cloud Computing Just A Dream and Intel vs. ARM Tom Starnes had an interesting panel at ARM Techcon this year. The topic of the panel was Cloud Computing but at the end the conversation turned into a look at the competitive battle between Intel and ARM. 3 comments Cost: FREE

  What To See at DAC List 15th annual list of 'must see' products at the 47th DAC 2010. To post / reprint the list and/or use GSEDA logo, purchase the RV for $500. View the List for Free. Warning: fread() [function.fread]: Length parameter must be greater than 0 in /home2/garysmi2/public_html/includes/itemTbls.php on line 118 0 comments Cost: FREE EDP 2010 – A Look at the Future of IC Design This is a Methodologist’s Conference where presenters come in and present their ideas, not necessarily their conclusions, and then let the audience critique their approach. This makes for a rambunctious program. This year’s topics included: What Comes After CMOS and 3D-ICs. Cost: FREE Intel & TSMC: A Bad Deal This was a bad idea to begin with. The only one that had anything to gain was TSMC. By trying to mimic the ARM model, Intel would have only cannibalized their own revenue stream. Intel cannot have it both ways (IDM and Fabless.) This is not a fight to the death. Cost: FREE Mentor Buys Valor Mentor’s acquisition of Valor reflects an increasing verticalization of the PCB design to manufacturing market. PCB is one of the most mature segments of the EDA industry. Where it once accounted for the largest segment of EDA revenue, it now represents less than 10% of total EDA revenue. 2 comments Cost: FREE Hot Chips and the Future of Computing Something was different at Hot Chips this year, significantly different: Parallel Computing. The IC industry's shift from single processor computing to multi-core has moved us away from the Von Neumann compute model to a undefined model... endangering Moore's Law. 5 comments Cost: FREE

  Industry Notes Archives | 2009 | 2008 | 2007

• Wallcharts

  2010 Wallcharts: ESL, CAE & CAD-CAM All the 2010 wallcharts in one convenient download. Cost: FREE ESL Wallchart 2010 The ESL Wallchart lists vendors by ESL sub application in the categories of System Design Automation, Behavioral ESL, Architectural Design and Verification Cost: FREE

  CAD-CAM Wallchart 2010 The CAD-CAM Wallchart lists vendors by IC CAD and PCB sub application Cost: FREE CAE Wallchart 2010 The CAE Wallchart lists vendors by sub application at the RT and Gate Levels Cost: FREE

  Industry Notes Archives | 2009

• definitions

  2010 Definitions for EDA Market Share Survey Cost: FREE 2008 Definitions for EDA Market Share Survey Cost: FREE

  Design Technology Improvements and Impact of Designer Productivity Cost: FREE EDA Tool User's Definitions Cost: FREE