( ESNUG 542 Item 6 ) -------------------------------------------- [05/27/14]
Subject: Questions for Gary Smith and Jim Hogan
Cooley's DAC 2014 Troublemaker's Panel
Date/Time: Monday, June 2, 1:30-2:30 pm
Location: Room 236/238, Moscone Center, San Francisco
IF YOU WANT TO ATTEND THIS DAC PANEL, SIGN-UP HERE.
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QUESTIONS FOR GARY SMITH AND JIM HOGAN
Gary:
How do you make accurate Market Trend reports since Synopsys
stopped reporting its detailed numbers to EDAC in 2011?
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To Jim and Gary -
Atoptech wants to sell to Cadence for $300 million. Cadence
says NFW. In your opinion, what's a fair price for ATOP?
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Gary and Jim -
What do you think about SNPS suing Atoptech over POCV licensing?
Is Aart justified in your opinion?
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Gary and Jim -- who's going to be the next #4 company in EDA?
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What do you think about the CDNS vs. BDA lawsuit?
Who did you want to win?
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Jim -- You're on Solido's board.
How do their variation tools compare to MunEDA and ProPlus?
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With the processor companies using Moore's Law to add more cores
to a die, and the inability of EDA vendors to use them, will only
those companies that can afford large server farm and license
pools be able to develop ASICs?
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Ask Gary, Joe, and Jim if they believe in Cadence's new IP strategy.
Does Cadence have a chance against Synopsys DesignWare offerings?
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Does Cadence Tempus have a chance against the Primetime monopoly?
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Now that 2014 will be Apache's last DAC, do you think their tools
will die off? What do you think Andrew Yang will do next?
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Gary:
What do you think of C test generation (a la Breker) - worth it?
Time waster? Will this ever become mainstream?
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To Jim and Gary -
How has Magma being knocked out impacted EDA today?
Did SPICE and PNR tool prices go up as you two predicted?
How many different start-ups have you seen ex-LAVA employees
pop up in?
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Gary:
What's the worst prediction you've ever made? How bad was it?
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Will IP cores be supported by large supplier base, or dominated
by only a few companies in the future?
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Gary and Jim -- who's going to be the next #4 company in EDA?
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Gary and Hogan -
Cadence says it's attacking the Synopsys Primetime franchise
with its Tempus. Why now? Why didn't Cadence attack Primetime
20 years ago when it was first starting up?
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