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22nd annual write up of “must see” products at the 54th DAC 2017 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.

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The announcement of Mentor Graphics’ acquisition by Siemens is a huge step toward the convergence of the EDA and mechanical design markets. Siemens is a leading player in mechanical CAx design tools, while Mentor has an expansive EDA product portfolio.  This acquisition shows that the future for the EDA industry is system-level design and that future is now.

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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 noteworthy acquisition and its impact on the EDA and electronic design industries.

Commercial IP has been added to our EDA market sizing with RTL.  These two highly dependent markets are really moving together toward an integrated future as indispensable, complementary, commercial components of electronics designs. Worldwide EDA product and maintenance revenue totaled just shy of $7.8 billion and grew 7.7 percent from its 2013 market size. Included in this report is the ranking of the top EDA companies and total market size and growth per region

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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.

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20th annual write up of “must see” products at the 52nd DAC 2015 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.

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This year’s talk focused on how the world of Electronics is changing dramatically. This is having a severe impact on the semiconductor companies. Their response is causing major changes in the EDA industry. The annual EDA forecast is also included.

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19th annual write up of “must see” products at the 51st DAC 2014 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.

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Large gate counts made possible with the use of Multi-Platform Based Designs became the driver for a new boom in the Emulation market. The Multi-Platform Based SoC designer also needed the speed of the emulator. As we settled on an ESL Design Flow it became obvious that Emulation was at the heart of that flow. Cadence vs. Mentor vs. Rapid Prototyping

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Everything you ever wanted to know about EDA but were afraid to ask! The basics on the business and competitive environment in the Electronic Design Automation market.

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Gary Smith’s Sunday June 2nd DAC presentation focused on multi-platform designs and virtual prototypes which will cause an explosion in new design starts along with the annual EDA overview and forecast.

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18th annual write up of “must see” products at the 50th DAC 2013 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.

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Most of the Upper Mainstream has now moved up to ES Level design. Yet the engineers are not happy because there is an incomplete tool flow.

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With the move to ES Level Design, RTL is in decline. What’s the impact of 400 M gates and FinFETs? Includes Merger-Die-New company entry chart.

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Is this Wallchart incomplete? Apple doesn’t sell its platform to other OEMs. What about the MCU vendors if we leave Apple on the chart? So what’s your opinion?

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