( ESNUG 526 Item 4 ) -------------------------------------------- [06/28/13]

Subject: Joe Sawicki on Calibre, 10 nm, iJTAG, Veloce 2, Olympus-SoC, PCB




     




                DAC'13 Troublemaker's Panel in Austin, TX

     Joe Sawicki of Mentor discusses Calibre and its derivatives,
     "we're working our asses off on 16 nm and 10 nm".  Processes
     are almost virtually impossible at 10 nm.  Atomic widths,
     wavelengths of light, manufacturing.  For 10 nm, directed
     self=assembly, triple patterning, SADP, normal DP, EUV,
     e-beam direct write -- no one knows exactly how this will
     all work at 10 nm -- they just know they're going there.

     Olympus-SoC is doing 16 nm and 14 nm tape-outs; but it's one
     player in a crowded field.  GlobalFoundries and Samsung.

     Mentor iJTAG and test this year is focused on yield learning
     and diagnostics.  Design-driven yield vs. defect-driven yield.
     Stuck-ats a thing of the past.  MENT helped a company that
     had 20 percent yield get up to 60 percent yield in weeks.

     Veloce 2 booked more in this year in Q1 and for all revenue
     for last year.  Growing like crazy.  Bookings, not revenue.

     Mentor PCB vs. Cadence PCB -- MENT is now hitting 50 percent
     marketshare against Cadence -- especially with enterprise
     tools.

   !!!     "It's not a BUG,
  /o o\  /  it's a FEATURE!"
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