This week, Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group announced it will purchase semiconductor IP powerhouse ARM in a cash deal worth approximately $32 billion.  What does this massive deal mean for EDA users and vendors?  Gary Smith EDA offers our view of this extremely notewort

As EDA expands beyond its traditional tools, this review will describe the changes behind the SDA, ESL, CAE, CAD-CAM Wallcharts that represent the EDA vendors’ IP and tools per category as defined by Gary Smith EDA. Price: $500

21st annual write up of “must see” products at the 53rd DAC 2016 with a detailed analysis of the products, categories and why you “must see” them. Also includes related presentation during Monday DAC pavilion. To post/ reprint the list and/or use GSEDA logo, purchase the RV for $500.

21st annual write up of “must see” products at the 53rd DAC 2016. To post / reprint the list and/or use GSEDA logo, purchase the RV for $500. View the List for Free.

In one convenient download, the SDA, Multi-Platform Based Design, ESL, CAE, CAD-CAM Wallcharts that represent the EDA vendors’ IP and tools per category as defined by Gary Smith EDA.

The System Design Automation (SDA) Wallchart lists vendors by System Design Automation, PCB, 3D IC and Other Design Domains sub application

The ESL Wallchart lists vendors by ESL sub application in the categories of Behavioral ESL, Architectural Design and Verification

The CAE Wallchart lists vendors by RT and Gate levels

The CAD-CAM Wallchart lists vendors by IC CAD sub application

2014 marked the first year of really solid growth for electronic system level (ESL) tools, after years of promise as the next big thing in EDA. It seems the tide is finally turning and ESL technologies may now be experiencing their long-awaited user adoption in earnest. For the first