Why The Reports of EDA's Demise Are Greatly Exaggerated - Part 1

In the past I used m ...

Anonymous — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:36:48 GMT

In the past I used mostly commercial tools, but now I'm consulting in a CAD Department. Internal CAD does have its advantages. What design wants, they get. As soon as a bug shows up in Bugzilla, multiple developers and designers start commenting on the solution, examining the test case in situ. The developer gets on it, pronto.

Compare this to calling the hotline, establishing your credentials, explaining the situation, preparing and sending the test case, and tracking the PCR. Or you get your big cheese to convince some EDA big cheese to make an enhancement. Then you wait. When it shows up, it shows up.

Daniel -- it would c ...

rgoering — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 20:00:58 GMT

Daniel -- it would certainly be helpful to know what percentage of tools in a given design flow are internally developed. But we still need to know what kinds of "tools" people are talking about. If the "internal tools" are simple utilities or collections of scripts, just getting a percentage won't tell the story.

To properly poll int ...

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 18:04:09 GMT

To properly poll internal EDA tool development you have to ask a clarifying question like, "What percentage of EDA tools in your flow are internally developed?"

Just asking, "Are you using internal EDA tools?" doesn't get at the vast majority of EDA users that have a mix of internal and commercial tools.

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Great article.

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 08:30:07 GMT

Great article.