CAD/CAM/CAE : electronic design automation, 1992 - Archive Server

CAE Market 3-11
This trend is the result of the increasing complexity of electronic
design. No longer can a broad line supplier of schematic capture
and simulation solve all of the difficult problems facing systems
designers. There will continue to be more "boutique" shops, with
smaller CAE vendors creating special focxis tools, like signal
integrity, mixed-level simulation, test vector generation, and other
point tools to arm the designers with solutions to decrease their
design cycle time.
Other trends apparent from the market share rankings include the
following:
• The demise of proprietary gate-array tools. Only LSI Logic
placed within the top 15, signaling the shift to third-party tools
is now complete.
• The emergence of PLD/FPGA tools, from proprietary tools such
as Xilinjc, and nonproprietary tools from Data I/O.
• The emergence of Japanese software companies, Zuken and
Wacom.
• The rise of Synopsys and 'Wewlogic, culminating in their highly
successful initial public offerings (IPOs) in 1992.
Dataquest Perspective
The CAE market continued to show significant signs of strife in 1991,
as product transitions and a changing ASIC design methodology combined
to slow growth. However, this market is poised for expansion as
the next generation of test, simulation, and synthesis tools become
adopted by mainstream electronic designers.
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