( SNUG 99 Item 21 ) ----------------------------------------------- [3/31/99]
"Interoperability: Panel took alotted time (plus 15 min into lunch) to
give their presentations. No time for Q&A. Mostly yadda, yadda,
yadda party line stuff.
Gary Smith - Dataquest - Moderator
Dinesh Better - Intel - Good overview.
Rich Collman??? - Synopsys - Sales pitch on TAP-IN (insync
multi-vendor partnering) and SPINE99
Michael ????? - Cadence - SPINE99 details. Warm fuzzies about
new Synopsys and Cadence partnering
Priti Vijayragiya - Synopsys - TAP-IN details. Have a lab for
joint EDA usage, No Synopsys regulars aloud. Multi vendor
teams to work on interoperabilities. Need testcases, have
teams and interoperability points defined.
?????? - ULTIMA - Small eda backend (parasitic and delay
generator) company. Early TAPin. Warm fuzzies about first
date with Synopsys.
Rita Glover - Analyst (formerly Silc and Mentor). Good history
of interoperbility & EDA vendor blunders. Defined problem.
That last person, Rita Glover, gave some much needed fresh air, by
talking a little about Synopsys' past record in this area."
- Peet James of Qualis Design
"They're talking a good line but they're not doing it. They're the
only ones who can do it. The whole industry is depending on them to
become interoperable. It's very frustrating. I've even moderated
panel discussions where, at the last minute, one of them would
threaten to pull out if the other was going to mention some specific
item. I'm stuck being the peace broker behind the scenes. What I'd
really like to do is to have all of them come to Phoenix. I have a
pool. I'll buy an extra picnic table and I already have a blender.
They could sip margaritas and work out their differences. Anyone
who gets too pigheaded about anything gets pushed into the pool to
cool off! I'd really like to do that."
- Rita Glover, an analyst at EDA Today, talking about how Cadence
Synopsys, and Avant! give great lipservice to interoperability
in public yet scratch and claw about it in private
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