( ESNUG 518 Item 2 ) -------------------------------------------- [02/01/13]
Subject: Isadore says CLK-DA AOCV FX and Path FX thrive at 20 nm and 14 nm
> Carbon Design just appointed Hal Conklin to VP Sales and Marketing.
> Conklin was the "C" in CLK Design -- where he served as their VP
> Sales and Marketing. I checked CLK's web site. NO Sales/Marketing
> person listed! Does this mean that CLK DA is now in trouble?
>
> - from http://www.deepchip.com/items/0517-03.html
From: [ Isadore Katz of CLK Design ]
Hey John,
You are so incorrectomundo!!!
First, 2012 was phenomenal for us. Not only did we add multiple top 10
IC companies last year to our customer list, but our AOCV FX and Path FX
revenues grew by more than 3x last year.
Second, maybe it is too grandiose a title to have on our humble web site,
"VP Field Operations", but Matthew Raggett has been driving our sales
operations for over 18 months, and has been instrumental to our growth.
Third -- and you are getting an EDA news exclusive here -- we just brought
Mike McKeon on board to be our VP for Field Engineering. Mike was an
executive at Denali, and brings a wealth of experience to our team.
Fourth, CLK-DA is really taking the lead in delivering timing margin and
variance analysis tools, especially as 20 nm and 14 nm designs are really
starting to step up. We are delivering FX tools at both of these nodes
with AOCV table generation, path analysis, clock tree analysis, etc.
Closing timing at 20 and 14 is simply a bear.
When you add in low voltage operation, multiple voltage domains, process
variance, temperature inversions, it gets to be practically impossible.
The old scheme of run-at-the-corners, throw-some-extra-margin-on-the-hold
-side-clocks, just does not cut it any more. That is putting CLK-DA,
AOCV FX & Path FX front and center.
Fifth, we are now a member of Liberty TAB, in fact the only start-up member,
and we are working to define variance modeling standards as part of the
Liberty library format, including our proposed 3 dimensional AOCV tables
which would cover all load slew arc combinations for every cell in the
library.
Sixth, and this may be why all this good news is hidden from view, although
I am the CEO of CLK-DA, I am also the VP marketing. Guess I have to work
a little or harder (or get help from people who know what they are doing).
- Isadore Katz
CLK Design Automation, Inc. Littleton, MA
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