Design Automation
Future challenges for EDA business
IC design has traditionally operated distinctly from IC manufacturing as it was once
true that ‘never the twain shall meet.’ Continual shrinking of devices has meant that
the relationship between design and manufacturing has become closer and closer
requiring more automated design process to keep up with advanced manufacturing.
S.N.Padmanabhan, Senior Vice President of R&D Services at MindTree takes a look
at the future challenges for the EDA community.
D
espite recent global financial Leaders in this industry have voiced several
problems, the electronics concerns. Can they lead to better opportunities?
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industry has witnessed unprecedented growth With designs increasingly moving towards India
over the past few decades. The most recent and China, the EDA industry will have to
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spurt was especially significant in terms of refurbish itself to face the cultural challenges
.eur adoption of smaller technology nodes on a involved in such a shift. Let us look at various
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larger scale, driven by the consumer electronics aspects involved with the EDA industry and
segment. Globalization is poised to play a provide a perspective of how this segment will
greater role in the electronics segment in the shape itself in the near future.
coming years and Asia will be the cradle for such
changes. The EDA segment is witnessing a Industry Trends
gradual shift in its revenue patterns towards Asia From the EDA context, it is important to get a
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and its revenues from the US – its hotbed – are feel of the impact electronics has made in our
gradually declining. It has remained more or less lives. It is evident that Moore’s law will continue
flat with low growth rates over the past couple to hold, maybe with small corrections, at least
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of years. until we reach the limits of CMOS and govern
the EDA and the semiconductor industry for the
next 10 years. Also, over the past few years, the
number of new design starts is gradually
reducing and this trend is likely to be more rapid
in the coming years. At the same time, it is
important to notice that the designs are
increasingly becoming more
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