( ESNUG 526 Item 3 ) -------------------------------------------- [06/28/13]

Subject: Mike Gianfagna on NextOp, Synopsys, IPO, Apache, Denali, bundles




     




                DAC'13 Troublemaker's Panel in Austin, TX

     Mike Gianfagna of Atrenta discusses why NextOp chose not to merge
     with Synopsys, you can be 1 of 300 Atrenta employees or 1 of
     8,000 Synopsys employees.  NextOp would have been lost inside of
     the Synopsys empire.  Is Atrenta IPO-ing or not?  Got growth, got
     strategic value, we're leaning that way.

     Jim Hogan - we gotta have an IPO in EDA.  Apache almost did it.
     Denali was close to trying it.  If we don't get an IPO, the users
     are stuck getting "chump change" for tools.

     Gary Smith - the users are looking for a roll-up in the middle.
     There's a whole class of EDA problems that aren't being addressed
     by the bundled package by Synopsys/Cadence/Mentor.  Users want a
     mid-range EDA company like Verisity was.  The Big 3 don't deliver
     all that's needed with their bundles.

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