( ESNUG 452 Item 9 ) --------------------------------------------- [02/17/06]
Subject: Questions by Peggy Aycinena to the panel
Rajeev Madhavan - CEO of Magma
1) Where the hell have you been and how come you weren't on the EDAC CEO
panel?
2) Who's your principle competitor?
3) How will you know if you're winning? How will you know if you've lost?
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Antun Domic - GM of Implementation, Synopsys
1) Why wasn't Aart willing to make a prediction of growth for the EDA
industry for 2006 at the EDAC panel?
2) Gary Smith recently said in public that the price war between Synopsys
and Cadence "is absolutely stupid."
Is there a price war and does Synopsys even care?
If there isn't a price war, do Synopsys and Cadence constitute
a cartel?
3) You can't build DFM tools without information from the foundries.
Which foundry is most open with you?
4) How do you deal with the bad press about sales practices?
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Joe Sawicki - GM of Design-to-Silicon, Mentor Graphics
1) Mentor is a big advocate for globalization/outsourcing of design.
Do they espouse that philosophy when they're calling on their big
Mil/Aero customers here in North America?
How does Mentor explain to the Mil/Aero establishment that it's a
global talent-ocracy?
How do we outsource the national defense industry?
2) If you personally were in the market for a complete DFM flow, which
tools would you personally buy? Name them specifically.
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Ted Vucurevich - CTO of Cadence
1) If you could choose today between being an ASIC designer and being an
FPGA designer, which would you choose?
2) The perception is that Cadence is trying to capture a measurable part
of the synthesis market and making a move to own the 'complete flow.'
If somebody buys the 'complete flow' from you, will they have the
best in class of every point tool bundled in there? Do you really
believe that?
Of the tools you're throwing in for free, which ones would you
personally say AREN'T really best in class?
3) Which tools that you gave to Freescale in the famous deal AREN'T they
using?
4) If Cadence isn't trying to own the 'complete flow,' do Synopsys and
Cadence constitute a cartel?
5) You can't build DFM tools without information from the foundries.
Which foundry is most open with you?
6) If Cadence was so delighted with their recent quarterly report, why
wasn't Mike willing to make a prediction of growth for the industry
for 2006 at the EDAC panel?
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Atul Sharan - CEO of Clear Shape
1) When will you actually release a product?
2) Are you the Poster Child for DFM?
3) Name 5 DFM companies that will still be up and running in 3 years.
4) Given an exit strategy of Cadence or Synopsys, which would you choose?
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Kathryn Kranen - CEO of Jasper
1) What's your exit strategy?
2) When will you be announcing Round D or will there be a merger first?
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Brett Cline - The SystemC Poster Boy
1) Does SystemC need a Poster Child because it's "market challenged" in
North America?
2) Do you actually have any customers in North America?
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Gary Smith - Senior EDA Analyst, Gartner/Dataquest
1) Are the foundries beginning to control EDA?
2) Which EDA company would you advise a newly minted PhD go to work for?
3) Which foundry would you advise a newly minted PhD go to work for?
4) Between China and India, which country's going to have the biggest EDA
industry in 5 years?
5) Which of the Big 3 in EDA is going to be the first to go -- the first
to be bought up by a company outside of EDA?
6) What's the single biggest mistake the EDA industry's made over the last
10 years?
7) If you were an ASIC designer would you be looking to change careers?
8) Who's the single richest guy in EDA -- the guy who's made the most
money over the last 15 years off the industry? Be prepared to back up
your answer.
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