OVERVIEW OF EDA INDUSTRY

VTU-VSI-ISA Confluence Meeting February 2006

Dr.H.V.ANANDA

Agenda
Characteristics Challenges

of EDA tools

faced by EDA industry.

Broad
Main

categories of EDA tools

needed of Synplicity

activities in EDA development centre players

Skillsets Main

Overview

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

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

Challenges and opportunities

We

are witnessing rapid advances in chip technology. Every new generation of technology brings forth newer phenomenon and challenges. 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.

EDA

EDA tool Categories

Based on Design methodology
Full

custom design

Standard
FPGA

cell based design

ASIC design

design

Structured

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

Main Activities
Tool

Development

Compilers Mappers Placers Routers Timing engines Parasitic extractors

Tool

Testing(Software)

Code coverage Memory leakage

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

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 Digital circuits HDL-Verilog/VHDL Scripting languages like Perl/shell Flows Concepts of simulation, Synthesis, P&R etc Concepts of timing

Application testing

Players in the field

Cadence Interra

systems

Mentor
Magma

Graphics

Synplicity Softjin Synopsys

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

A Global Company

Serving Customers Worldwide

Corporate H.Q. Engineering Support Direct Sales Distributors

Synplicity India

Located About Tool

at ITPL Bangalore

40 engineers

development, Application support, QA and worldwide customer support

Synplicitys Solutions

FPGA Synthesis Market Share

6%
10%

67%
58%

26%

32%

Synplicity

Mentor

Synopsys

Source: Gartner DataQuest (October 2004)

2005

Pioneer and Leader in Structured/Platform ASIC Synthesis

#1 In Customer Satisfaction
Synplicity Xilinx Altera Mentor Graphics INDUSTRY AVERAGE Actel Synopsys *Hier Design Cadence Design Systems Aldec *Ansoft *Apache Design Lattice Semiconductor *Altium *QuickLogic *Celoxica
35% 33% 72% 67% 61% 57% 57% 54% 50% 50% 49% 43% 79% 79% 89% 89%

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?

Source:

2004 EDA Study

* Small base. Interpret with caution

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Highlights
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