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| 2007-7-2 |
EDA tools add MEMS capability
By integrating its tools with existing EDA tool sets, SoftMEMS claims to be uniquely positioned to enable EEs to co-design electronics-with-MEMS chips from the comfort of their familiar EDA platform. |
| 2007-6-29 |
Altera sets up EDA/SOPC joint lab at Taiwan University
Altera Corp. has established the EDA/SOPC Joint Laboratory at National Taiwan University as part of its worldwide University Program. |
| 2007-6-18 |
Deal with EDA's demise
The embedded industry needs to invest more in innovative software development methods just as IC productivity was dramatically improved with new design technology. |
| 2007-6-8 |
EDA platform offers faster RF module design, verification
Agilent now offers an EDA platform that provides a speedier design and verification process. |
| 2007-5-16 |
Devising a system-level solution for EDA
To create a solution that offers a true enterprise-wide system-level flow, the industry must develop a comprehensive methodology that leverages much of its success in hardware development. |
| 2007-5-9 |
Open constraint format sparks new EDA standards discussion
Is a new EDA standard effort in the offing? The recent Synopsys Interoperability Forum may have offered the public the first view of an open analog constraint format. |
| 2007-4-13 |
EDA industry saw 15% growth in 2006, reports EDAC
The EDA industry revenue grew 15.3 percent in 2006 to reach $5.274 billion, according to the EDA Consortium's Market Statistics Survey. |
| 2007-3-27 |
EDA industry grew 11% in 2006, says report
The new EDA Market Forecast report issued by Gary Smith EDA predicts strong growth for the industry through 2011. According to the report, the EDA industry grew approximately 11 percent in 2006. |
| 2007-3-5 |
Freescale reduces EDA tool flow
Freescale reported significant design efficiency improvements and a sizeable reduction in the number of EDA "tool flows" the company supports in its global development and design activities. |
| 2007-2-28 |
EDA CEOs see strong 2007
2007 should be another strong year for the EDA industry, according to CEOs who spoke at the EDA Consortium's annual forecast panel last week. |
| 2007-2-27 |
EDA 'troublemakers' debate at DVCon
Confronted with provocative questions, DVCon EDA vendor representatives debated topics such as low-power standards, Cadence Design Systems' Skill language, and outsourcing to India. |
| 2007-2-16 |
EDA growth to continue this year
The EDA industry grew faster than expected in 2006 and is up for another good year, thanks to a healthy IC industry, an insatiable CE market and a move to 65nm and 45nm technologies. |
| 2007-1-29 |
SiP lacks EDA tool support
System-in-package (SiP) may be an increasingly attractive alternative to SoCs, but EDA tool support is sorely lacking. |
| 2007-1-22 |
Cswitch sets up EDA dev't center in India
Cswitch Corp. is setting up an offshore development center in India with SoftJin Technologies Pvt. Ltd. |
| 2007-1-19 |
EDA, IP revenue up 17% in Q3 '06
Worldwide EDA and IP revenue in Q3 of 2006 grew 17 percent over the prior year quarter, according to a report issued by EDAC. |
| 2007-1-4 |
EDA to remain strong in 2007
The EDA should have another good year in store, according to executives from large and small EDA companies. |
| 2006-12-1 |
EDA vendor rivalry bogs single power spec
Amid calls for a single power spec throughout the design flow, EDA vendor rivalry continues to fuel two separate efforts to develop a low-power description standard. |
| 2006-11-22 |
EDA panel to discuss business in India
With the goal of providing an overview of the pitfalls and opportunities of doing business in India today, the EDAC and Silicon Valley Bank are co-sponsoring a panel on "How to do business in India." |
| 2006-11-16 |
Open p-cells may reform EDA distribution model
CiraNova hasn't publicly announced a product, but its Website is offering free downloads of PyCell Studio, a Python-based tool that generates PyCells, or "universal" OpenAccess-based p-cells. |
| 2006-11-14 |
EDA panelists call for standardized process design kits
Standardization of foundry process design kits will provide major benefits for analog and custom IC designers, according to panelists at the Synopsys EDA Interoperability Developer's Forum. |
| 2006-11-13 |
EDA's hope is enabling cheaper design
The future of the EDA industry is not too bright, unless it enables chip design of even greater complexity with fewer engineers, thus helping the IC industry deal with the problem of lower profitability as it moves into designs of 65nm and below. |
| 2006-10-26 |
Need for next-gen EDA tools grows, says report
The entire electronics industry depends on efficiency and innovation of EDA tools, which is becoming even more important with the continuing rise in reduction in ICs from micro-to nanoscale dimensions. |
| 2006-10-16 |
Design Trends and EDA Tools: Asia-Pacific
Over 300 system, IC and PCB design engineers across the Asia-Pacific, including China, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia and India, participate in the annual survey to reveal the level of design activity and share development experience with EDA tools. |
| 2006-10-16 |
EDA needs productivity, not 'sexy' tech, says exec
EDA needs to shift its focus to providing solutions that emphasize productivity, rather than continuing to focus exclusively on tools aimed at the next technology node. |
| 2006-10-5 |
EDA saw double-digit growth in Q2, says EDAC
The EDA Consortium said Monday that EDA revenue reached an all-time high in the second quarter, topping $1.25 billion, an increase of 15 percent from the same period of 2005. |
| 2006-9-18 |
Cadence CTO mulls over CAD architecture, EDA
Cadence Design Systems Inc. senior VP and CTO, Ted Vucurevich, sat down recently with EE Times' Richard Goering and discussed developments ranging from new CAD architectures to EDA tools for nanotechnology-based systems like labs-on-a-chip. |
| 2006-9-18 |
EDA is fully engaged in design issues
As long as design complexity issues remain a reality in electronics, EDA innovation will thrive. |
| 2006-9-18 |
U.S. EDA monopoly may wane
Recent developments in Europe may challenge U.S. dominance over EDA in years to come. |
| 2006-9-18 |
EDA rivals spar over power issues
Any EDA vendor or large EDA user will tell you there's a compelling need for a standard way to express power-management intent throughout the IC design flow. The problem is that two separate groups are working toward that objective, amid profound disagreements over how to get there. |
| 2006-9-5 |
EDA tool offers OpenCores IP
MataiTech LLC has packaged OpenCores intellectual property (IP) with its fourth-generation EDA tool, Nauet 1.5. |
| 2006-9-1 |
EDA startup offers free verification planning tool
Verification-focused EDA startup Jasper Design Automation is making available a free tool for tracking the progress of verification plans. |
| 2006-9-1 |
EDA app shows variants of IC design
DFM tool provider Aprio Technologies Inc. has developed an application extension, Halo-Quest, designed to fit on top of EDA design and analysis tools, and to generate accurate silicon image representation of IC designs for use within design flows. |
| 2006-8-30 |
EDA tool finds uncovered electromigration issues
Sequence Design has combined its Columbus-AMS with components borrowed from CoolTime to create a new capability of diagnosing electromigration and voltage drop issues in full-custom designs. |
| 2006-8-28 |
EDA to grow faster than IC market, says analyst
The increase in IC design cost and the size of design teams at the 65nm node presents an opportunity for EDA, which can increase its growth rate, according to Handel Jones, CEO of International Business Strategies Inc. |
| 2006-8-17 |
Asia's largest EDA/embedded systems events open today
Taiwan's design engineers and technical managers will all be trooping to the Taipei International Convention Center as the region's largest and most-established EDA and embedded systems events start today. |
| 2006-8-15 |
Mentor paid $5.3M for Taiwan EDA tool provider
EverCad, the Taiwanese circuit simulation/analysis tool provider that Mentor Graphics quietly acquired in January, carried a price tag of $5.3 million, according to a recent Mentor regulatory filing. |
| 2006-8-1 |
EDA&T-Taiwan showcases latest in EDA, test
To update engineers on the latest developments in EDA and test, the 14th Annual EDA & Test Taiwan Conference & Exhibition will gather the world's top vendors on August 17-18 at the Taipei International Convention Center. |
| 2006-7-25 |
NEC to enter EDA market with new C-based design tool
NEC began marketing its C-language design tools with an eye on cracking the EDA market. |
| 2006-7-25 |
Power Forward Initiative invites EDA companies
The Power Forward Initiative announced its plan to invite a limited number of EDA companies to participate in the Initiative. |
| 2006-7-19 |
EDA startup rolls out analysis suite for 65nm and below
Startup Anova Solutions created a new EDA tool suite to analyze process and design variations to maximize yield and performance in 65nm and below designs. |
| 2006-7-18 |
Magma all set for DAC, preps for EDA&T
Magma said capabilities of its new Talus IC implementation system, methods for minimizing power consumption, and DFM capabilities integrated in the design flow will be among the technology it will demonstrate at next week's DAC. |
| 2006-7-17 |
New tools, solutions at ESC, EDA&T-Taiwan
Cutting-edge technologies and solutions, including the latest embedded development and EDA tools, will take centerstage at the 6th Annual Embedded Systems Conference and the 14th Annual EDA & Test-Taiwan Conference and Exhibition to be held on August 17-18. |
| 2006-7-5 |
EDA returned to double-digit growth in Q1, EDAC says
EDA revenue was up 10 percent year-to-year during the first quarter, the first time EDA posted double-digit growth in more than two years, according to a report issued by the EDA Consortium's Market Statistics Service. |
| 2006-6-21 |
ASTRI reconfirms Cadence as key EDA solutions provider
Cadence Design and Hong Kong ASTRI announced that the latter has chosen Cadence as a key EDA solutions provider for all of its R&D and engineering divisions. |
| 2006-6-19 |
Renesas Vietnam selects Synopsys as EDA provider
Synopsys announced that Renesas Design Vietnam has chosen Synopsys as its EDA provider for SoC design. |
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