( ESNUG 438 Item 16 ) ------------------------------------------- [01/18/05]
Subject: 7 Users Who Don't Care
> Cadence announced it's buying Verisity for $285 million in cash.
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> As an EDA user, do you think this is good news or bad news? Why?
As an EDA user I don't see it as bad or good news. This seems to be
part of Cadence's retooling and building up muscle to compete against
Synopsys and creating a one stop shop.
- [ An Anon EDA User ]
Let's say I am not surprised. Look at what Cadence acquired for $285 M
in cash in the following lineup:
Synopsys Cadence
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Vera E/Specman
CoverMeter SureCov, etc. ($30M in 2000 ?)
??? Axis ($80M in 2003)
None of this helps the real problems engineers face at geometries less
than 90 nm. Unfortunately, I don't think EDA companies can really do
much to help here. That said, Synopsys still has the edge over Cadence
in this area. For me personally, technical advances, announcements,
or M&As in Design for Yield are much more exciting!
- [ An Anon EDA User ]
I am primarily neutral as I don't see us using this product.
Though I have a slight negative view of the merger as I see Cadence
messing up a lot of the stuff they buy. On the other hand they
seemingly handled FE pretty well, so it might turn out for the better.
I think Cadence need to spend more time on sorting out and cleaning
up their existing digital tool portfolio, and spend less on constantly
integrating new purchases.
- [ An Anon EDA User ]
We don't use Verisity. Thus, I am not very anxious or I'm lucky.
When Cadence and Verisity do a good job, things can get better,
especially when looking for a homogeneous design flow. When the job
is done bad, a lot of people will suffer ... also the guys working
at the Cadence hotline. ;-)
- [ An Anon EDA User ]
I don't know and I don't care.
- [ An Anon EDA User ]
Not my problem.
- [ An Anon EDA User ]
As an EDA user, it won't have much impact on me. It's a bit too late.
Might be of interest to folks who are using NC-SIM/Specman flow.
- [ An Anon EDA User ]
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