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OVERVIEW OF EDA INDUSTRY VTU-VSI-ISA Confluence Meeting February 2006

OVERVIEW OF EDA INDUSTRY VTU-VSI-ISA Confluence Meeting February 2006. Dr.H.V.ANANDA. Agenda. Characteristics of EDA tools Challenges faced by EDA industry. Broad categories of EDA tools Main activities in EDA development centre Skillsets needed Main players Overview of Synplicity.

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OVERVIEW OF EDA INDUSTRY VTU-VSI-ISA Confluence Meeting February 2006

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  1. OVERVIEW OF EDA INDUSTRYVTU-VSI-ISA Confluence MeetingFebruary 2006 Dr.H.V.ANANDA

  2. Agenda • Characteristics of EDA tools • Challenges faced by EDA industry. • Broad categories of EDA tools • Main activities in EDA development centre • Skillsets needed • Main players • Overview of Synplicity

  3. Characteristics of EDA tools • Electronic design automation (EDA)-Set of software tools used for VLSI chip design. • Highly sophisticated and implement complex algorithms. • Typical EDA software product contain • Boolean logic optimizers • Language parsers, lexical analyzers • Logic generators • Logic simulators • Pattern recognition • Parallel computations • User friendly GUI • Extremely compact and fast access databases

  4. Characteristics of EDA tools(Contd) • Need hundreds of man-hour effort for development. • Need real engineering skills for development and testing. • One would need to use all he/she has learnt in engineering and more… • Needs interdisciplinary knowledge. • Electronics • Complex mathematics • Computer science/engineering

  5. Challenges and opportunities • We are witnessing rapid advances in chip technology. Every new generation of technology brings forth newer phenomenon and challenges. • EDA industry has to be a step ahead of the chip technology and continue to innovate and develop design methods and tools capable of addressing these new phenomena and design problems.

  6. EDA tool Categories Based on Design methodology • Full custom design • Standard cell based design • FPGA design • Structured ASIC design

  7. EDA tool Categories(Contd) Based on Design flows • Implementation tools • Logic and Physical Synthesis • Design for test • Full custom layout • Floor planning • Place and Route • Verification tools • Simulation • Timing analysis • Formal verification • Power analysis • Signal integrity • DRC and LVS

  8. Main Activities • Tool Development • Compilers • Mappers • Placers • Routers • Timing engines • Parasitic extractors • Tool Testing(Software) • Code coverage • Memory leakage

  9. Main Activities (Contd) • Tool Testing (Application) • Requirement specs • Feature Test plans • Development of test cases • Regression testing • Analysis of failures • Quality of results • Run time • Timing • Area • Running large designs

  10. Skill Sets General • Engineering degree in electrical /electronics/computer science • Non engineering degree with short term course in C and C++ is no good. • Good attitude towards problem solving and initiative taking • Good communication skills and professional mannerism • Tool Development • Data structures (list, tree, graphs) • Algorithms (sorting, searching, hashing) • C, C++ • Digital design • Lex, yacc • Perl, python • Application testing • Digital circuits • HDL-Verilog/VHDL • Scripting languages like Perl/shell • Flows • Concepts of simulation, Synthesis, P&R etc • Concepts of timing

  11. Players in the field • Cadence • Interra systems • Mentor Graphics • Magma • Synplicity • Softjin • Synopsys

  12. Welcome to Synplicity, Inc. • EDA software company founded in 1994 • Public since Nov. 2000 (NASDAQ: SYNP) • 310 employees in 12 countries • Strong partnerships with leading silicon providers • #1 Provider of FPGA Synthesis Tools Since 2000 • Serving customers designing • FPGAs • DSP • Structured / Platform ASICS & Cell Based ASICs • ASIC Prototyping • Unique Company Philosophy • Best results through innovative technology • Ease-of-use through automation • Productivity through fast runtimes

  13. A Global Company Direct Sales Engineering Distributors Support Corporate H.Q. Serving Customers Worldwide

  14. Synplicity India • Located at ITPL Bangalore • About 40 engineers • Tool development, Application support, QA and worldwide customer support

  15. Synplicity’s Solutions FPGA Synthesis Market Share 6% 67% 10% 32% 26% 58% Source: Gartner DataQuest (October 2004) 2005 Pioneer and Leader in Structured/Platform ASIC Synthesis

  16. #1 In Customer Satisfaction Customer Satisfaction Question: Of the FPGA EDA tool vendors whose products you have used and/or purchased, how would you rate your level of satisfaction with each? 2004 EDA Study Source: * Small base. Interpret with caution

  17. University Program • Established in 1996. • Students should get to use world class tools at affordable prices. • 410+ colleges and universities worldwide • All products now available! • All products are unabridged exact commercial products.

  18. University Program Highlights 410 Active/Unique Universities Worldwide

  19. THANK YOU

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