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Executive Summary of the EDA Market 2-3
Figure 2-2
EDA Software Market Revenue
Millions of Dollars
1 Ann
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800-
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1990
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6.2% Growth
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1991
PCB/Hybrid/MCM 0 ECAE
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Technical Workstation Dominance
The EDA industrj^s preferred platform is the technical workstation.
The percentage of software shipped to this platform continues to
grow, as illustrated in Figure 2-3. In the eyes of the electronic
designer, UNIX-based workstations have aknost reached the point
of being a commodity, with almost all EDA suppliers supporting
multiple workstation platforms. However, the coming of Microsoft's
Windows NT may shift the operating system—if not the actual
hardware—^that the EDA user purchases. It is important for EDA
vendors to continue to monitor the developments of Windows and
its success in penetrating the technical workstation marketplace.
EDA Worldwide Market Share
EDA, as an industry, has matured to the point of stable growth rates
of 4 to 10 percent. In 1991 we saw the EDA market turn in a dismal
3.8 percent growth, a far cry from the boom years of EDA, which saw
40 and 50 percent growth rates in 1986 and 1987. The year 1991 was a
transition period as the two leading software vendors. Mentor Graphics
and Cadence, were busy developing their next-generation design
tools (see Table 2-1). The combination of the Gulf War, economic recession,
and product transitions caused a stall of EDA purchases.
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