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

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<strong>CAE</strong> Market 3-3<br />

Figure 3-2<br />

Percentage Difference in Number of Licenses Owned versus Number Needed,<br />

<strong>CAE</strong> Applications<br />

Percentage of Change in Number of Licenses<br />

300<br />

250 -<br />

200 -<br />

150 -<br />

100<br />

-50<br />

^ North America<br />

B Japan<br />

S Europe<br />

• Worldwide Average I<br />

Scliematic Logic Logic Timing Analog<br />

Entry Synthesis Simulation Verification Simulation<br />

Source: Dataquest (December <strong>1992</strong>)<br />

available HDLs, Verilog or VHDL, as shown in Figure 3-3. This<br />

usage wiU increase to more than 75 percent of the <strong>design</strong>ers worldwide<br />

by 1995. However, usage of a hardware description language<br />

alone is not indicative of the acceptance or penetration of top-down<br />

<strong>design</strong> methodology. Dataquest believes that top-down <strong>design</strong> is stiU<br />

in its infancy, and there continues to exist market opportunities for<br />

companies providing superior tools in logic synthesis, high-level<br />

<strong>design</strong> entry, and test <strong>automation</strong> tools.<br />

Advanced Analysis Tools<br />

Board-level speeds are reaching new heights. Primarily driven by<br />

the performance race fostered by high-end computer vendors, the<br />

need to extract and analyze what had been previously negligible<br />

effects such as inductive coupling, load matching, and power and<br />

thermal management are now being brought into the collective<br />

consciousness of the <strong>electronic</strong> <strong>design</strong>er. Microprocessor speeds<br />

continue their steady increase, and the new wave of 100-plus-MHz<br />

processors from Intel, DEC, HP, and others will require <strong>design</strong>ers to<br />

evaluate a new breed of signal integrity tools. These tools will help<br />

ensure that <strong>design</strong>ers wiU have working boards, and take into<br />

account crosstalk, transmission line effects, and power and thermal<br />

issues as well. This market of signal integrity tools is currently<br />

ATPG Data<br />

Management<br />

G2001963<br />

C<strong>CAM</strong>-EDA-l\/IT-9202 ©<strong>1992</strong> Dataquest Incorporated December 28,<strong>1992</strong>

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