( ESNUG 460 Item 2 ) -------------------------------------------- [01/11/07]
Subject: Reader's choice -- The Top 50 ESNUG Items for 2006
MAGMA MINDSHARE: Out of a choice of 4,285 total "items" available in the
DeepChip archives, below is the Top 50 Items for 2006. If you read them,
you'll find the discussion in 2006 broke out to:
Cadence: ######## 16%
Synopsys: ################ 32%
Mentor: ####### 14%
Magma: ######### 18%
Apache/Sequence: ### 6%
Synplicity/Precision: ## 4%
general HDL: ### 6%
Bluespec/Forte: ### 6%
DFM: ### 6%
other small EDA: ####### 14%
emulators: ### 6%
general tech: ### 6%
Total: ############################## 134%
Yup, it totals to 134%. Many topics cover multiple companies in depth; for
example, #29 "Jason Ware jumps from Synopsys to Cadence", counts as both a
Synopsys and a Cadence topic. Or #27 "ECSM vs. Liberty CCS" is very easily
a multiple Cadence/Magma/Synopsys topic.
I find it interesting that while some EDA bigwigs like the phrase "Big 3",
from what I see of the user clicks, it's really the Big 4 -- behind Synopsys
the most discussed tools aren't Cadence's nor Mentor's -- but Magma's!
Heck, Magma's seriously involved in 4 out of the Top 10 ESNUG Items of 2006.
The #1 topic had 18,339 pageviews; the #50 topic had 3,928 pageviews.
The Top 50 ESNUG Items For 2006
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1. Mike and Atul review all the known DFM start-ups; Magma rebutts
http://www.deepchip.com/posts/0453.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0456-11.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/else06-23.html
2. ReShape's farewell letter; Tera Systems weirdly silent these days
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0450-01.html
3. A new unannounced "PrimeTime-PX" is to quietly replace PrimePower
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0456-01.html
4. The PrimeTime monopoly and the adoption of PT-SI vs. CeltIC use
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0458-01.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0459-09.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0459-10.html
5. Viewers react to Magma CEO's claims in "Cooley Does Rajeev" video
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0454-01.html
6. Apache RedHawk vs. Simplex VoltageStorm vs. Sequence CoolTime
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0455-01.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0456-07.html
7. Users Q&A on Cadence, Magma, and other dirt in Synopsys 2005 Census
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0450-09.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/snug05-22.html
8. Jason Ware's introduction of the new Cadence ETS PrimeTime-killer
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0457-03.html
9. Users benchmark custom wire load models vs. "topographical" DC
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0456-12.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0456-13.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0457-05.html
10. Questions and rumors about what Magma has on R&D for ATPG and BIST
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0457-02.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0458-09.html
11. A boatload of users critique the Bluespec chip design tools
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0454-02.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0448-06.html
12. A mess of engineers on Eve ZeBu accelerator and the Tharas Hammer
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0451-07.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0454-18.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0456-06.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/dvcon05-15.html
13. Gary Smith on lawsuits, Wall St., Mentor, Cadence, DFM, and 2006
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0459-11.html
14. To balance out the Apache love fest; a detailed Sequence review
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0457-01.html
15. Multi-corner, multi-mode, power -- why Synopsys created IC Compiler
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0451-08.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0458-03.html
16. A boatload of users discuss Mentor Catapult C vs. Forte SystemC
http://www.deepchip.com/items/else06-07.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/else06-06.html
17. Magma Blast Fusion, -Rail, -Plan Pro, -ATPG, -DFT, -Power
http://www.deepchip.com/items/else06-19.html
18. Harry Foster goes to Mentor; Jasper CEO responds to competitor FUD
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0451-05.html
19. User rumor that Cadence is replacing Synopsys at the Verisity sites
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0457-07.html
20. The dual -- Brett's Forte Cynthesizer vs. George's Bluespec Compiler
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0457-04.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0458-02.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0459-05.html
21. Readers critique the "new" and "improved" Hercules announcement
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0451-02.html
22. A Wall Street investment firm sends a public nastygram to Wally
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0454-04.html
23. Tricky bug in "set_critical_range" messes with DC functionality
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0450-03.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0451-04.html
24. Fishtail false paths benchmark well; multicycle paths not so well
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0450-02.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/else06-16.html
25. 8 engineers discussing 7 types of adder hardware implementations
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0343-13.html
26. Synopsys "virtual" PrimeTime training sucks; where else can I go?
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0457-09.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0457-08.html
27. Looks like ECSM works & it's 1/3 the size of Liberty CCS models
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0458-07.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0448-08.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0446-17.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0459-02.html
28. What's the whole backstory behind the Oasis vs. GDSII push?
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0456-02.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0457-06.html
29. Synth support guru Jason Ware jumps ship from Synopsys to Cadence
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0454-07.html
30. Cliff & Stu -- Help us merge Verilog & System Verilog standards
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0451-01.html
31. For FPGAs Leonardo worked well while Precision screwed us!
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0458-05.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/else06-13.html
32. Users review the Cadence Palladium and the Verisity/Axis emulators
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0458-06.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0454-17.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0450-11.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0459-04.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0456-10.html
33. Mentor users very concerned about FormalPro being end-of-lifed
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0450-05.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0454-11.html
34. UMC plus an anon user evaluate the new ClearShape InShape tool
http://www.deepchip.com/items/else06-22.html
35. Synopsys beta testing a "pure" C-to-RTL EC tool similar to Calypto
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0451-03.html
36. Magma Blast PlanPro replacing Synopsys Jupiter-XT for floorplanning
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0451-09.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0446-11.html
37. The public link to the pocket sized Hardi VHDL syntax handbook
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0456-04.html
38. Three users on Knowlent Opal SerDes/PCIe/XAUI electrical compliance
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0456-05.html
39. Two engineers tapeout using Sierra Pinnacle using MCMM optimizations
http://www.deepchip.com/items/else06-21.html
40. Barry Pangrle -- Numb3rs, Numbers, or some very Fuzzy Math in EDA
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0454-19.html
41. For FPGAs Mentor Precision is better & at 1/3 price of Synplicity
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0459-06.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0456-08.html
42. Apache NSPICE vs. Synopsys HSIM & HSPICE vs. Cadence UltraSim
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0455-05.html
43. Aldec Active-HDL 6.3 crushes Mentor ModelSim in user benchmark
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0445-07.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0435-04.html
44. Cliff's SNUG'00 1st place paper on Non-blocking Verilog Assignments
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0347-01.html
45. Seven viewers react to the DeepChip online Magma Power Flow demo
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0448-01.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0450-04.html
46. Magma Mojave Quartz DRC/LVS fails attack on Mentor Calibre DRC/LVS
http://www.deepchip.com/items/else06-17.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/else06-18.html
47. Customer benchmarks confirm Synopsys TetraMAX 12X speedup claims
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0459-07.html
http://www.deepchip.com/wiretap/061102.html
48. Glen's patented keep-the-CEO-happy Jupiter-XT speed floorplanning
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0458-10.html
49. Mentor VStation user benchmarks 3x faster than Cadence Palladium
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0450-10.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0443-01.html
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0441-08.html
50. I need a script to translate Verplex points into Formality points
http://www.deepchip.com/items/0456-03.html
I thought it was interesting that the #50 topic is a still unanswered letter
from a user trying to translate from Verplex points to Formality points.
It's *unanswered*(!), yet it got enough pageviews to make it to #50!
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