Category Archives: eda industry

EDA360: Apps, Android, Apple

Posted on November 10, 2010 by paulmcl

Recently I attended CDNlive, the Cadence user conference, although this year with the subtitle “Realizing EDA360.” This time Cadence did a much better job than I’ve seen before of explaining what they are really thinking. Even John Bruggeman admitted that … Continue reading →

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Magma: getting products into the channel

Posted on September 26, 2010 by paulmcl

I met Rajeev Madhavan, CEO of Magma, last week. We talked about a number of things but focused on one issue I’ve talked about before. Large EDA companies are capable of developing new technology—they have plenty of smart engineers, after … Continue reading →

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Polyteda

Posted on June 22, 2010 by paulmcl

One startup I did run across that looks interesting is Polyteda. Let me first point out that this is all based simply on talking to them and I’ve not run their tools or done any other diligence. They have a … Continue reading →

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DAC retrospective

Posted on June 22, 2010 by paulmcl

So what was the theme of DAC this year? Two things stood out for me: one is that the big EDA companies are getting serious about doing design at a higher level. I think we need a new name for … Continue reading →

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Design Automation Conference preview

Posted on June 2, 2010 by paulmcl

Unless you have been hibernating through the winter (which some days seems to still be going on) then you know that DAC is coming up on 13th June through Friday if you stay all the way through the tutorials. So … Continue reading →

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Cadence summits Denali

Posted on May 13, 2010 by paulmcl

Cadence announced that they had acquired Denali for $330M today. They reckon that it will be accretive this year. Since the beginning of the year there has been a sort of land grab going on in the system and IP … Continue reading →

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Around the Imax with EDA360

Posted on April 29, 2010 by paulmcl

Cadence had a big announcement at the Embedded Systems Conference this week. Actually, not at the conference (I don’t think they even have a booth) but in the Imax theater in the Tech Museum (and, on another topic, are they … Continue reading →

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EDAC’s origins

Posted on March 26, 2010 by paulmcl

Because I do some consulting for Oasys, I crossed paths with Rick Carlson who is an investor and advisor to them. I hadn’t realized that he was one of the people responsible for getting EDAC going. In fact, when EDAC … Continue reading →

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Tekton

Posted on March 10, 2010 by paulmcl

I met with Bob Smith, VP of product marketing for Magma, earlier this week, over a glass of wine and a lunch in a nice French bistro, to talk about the new product that they are introducing today. They are … Continue reading →

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Altium: EDA Oz-style

Posted on March 3, 2010 by paulmcl

One theme of this blog is that IC EDA is increasingly inspecting its own navel while the bulk of design is going on in the PCB and FPGA worlds (not to mention software). One company that is focused on this … Continue reading →

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