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

3-4 CAD/CAM/CAE—Electronic Design Automation Applications
Figure 3-3
Current and Projected Usage of Commercially Available HDLs
Percentage of Electronic Designers
90-
Verilog- VHDL-
North North
America America
Source: Dataquest (December 1992)
Verilog-
Japan
VHDL-
Japan
HDL Usage by Region
1991 1995
Verilog-
Europe
VHDL-
Europe
small, but Dataquest anticipates substantial growth rates in the
mid-1990s as they become an integral part of system design.
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Test Automation
Test Automation, currently a $30 to $40 million doUar market, is
about to show some significant growth. Two primary factors have
been met in order to see a renewed interest, from both the demand
side and the supply side. From the vendor base, we have seen a
plethora of new product introduced from such companies as
Simrise Test, Expertest, Synopsys, as well as such broad-based
suppliers such as Viewiogic, Cadence, and Mentor Graphics, These
new products have given designers a wide range of choices to
implement their test logic. Meanwhile, ASIC gate densities have just
recently reached a level at which ad hoc test methodologies fail. As
shown in Figure 3-4, it was only recently that we saw the pliirality
of North American MCS gate array design start to reach the 20,000
to 40,000 gate mark. 1992 wiU see 34 percent of North American
gate array design start at more than 40,000 gates, a range that
absolutely reqtiires a rigorous test approach. In fact, automatic
test-pattern generation tools show the highest pent-up demand,
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