"I completely dismiss the notion that you sell off your core competency
   areas in technology and become a pure integrator at the higher level.
   Will Cadence be half its size in the future?  No."

       - Cadence CTO Ted Vucurevich to EE Times immediately after CEO
         Mike Fister's sudden resignation 3 months ago.  Last Wednesday,
         Chip Design Magazine broke that Vucurevich was leaving Cadence.

( ESNUG 479 Subjects ) ------------------------------------------ [02/05/09]

 Item  1: ( ESNUG 478 #1 ) Cadence oddly quiet about Gary Smith warning
 Item  2: ( ESNUG 477 #6 ) User Benchmark of PrimeTime vs. GoldTime for STA
 Item  3: Magma Mojave Quartz did 1.5 B Transistor sign-off DRC in 4 hours
 Item  4: "What are the 2 biggest reasons to use High Level Synthesis?"
 Item  5: ( ESNUG 473 #6 ) Another interesting Nusym vs. VCS user benchmark
 Item  6: ( ESNUG 478 #1 ) Magma Talus is a big step up from BlastFusion
 Item  7: ( ESNUG 478 #1 ) Synopsys ICC, Magma Talus, Sierra, Atoptech
 Item  8: ( ESNUG 478 #5 ) Knowlent, Blaze DFM, and Stone Pillar's fates
 Item  9: One designer's detailed comparison of ClioSoft vs. IC Manage
 Item 10: Readers react to Cadence appointing Lip-Bu Tan as its new CEO
 Item 11: Here's the top 3 award winning user papers from Boston SNUG 2008

( ESNUG 479 Jobs Section ) -------------------------------------- [02/05/09]

   Job 1: Wilsonville, OR - Mentor seeks Catapult C Tech Marketing Eng
   Job 2: Los Gatos, CA - IC Manage seeks North CA Sales Account Manager 

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