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

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<strong>CAE</strong> Market 3-5<br />

Figure 3-4<br />

MOS Gate Array Design Starts by Gate Count, North America<br />

Percentage of Design Starts<br />

25-tl<br />

20-<br />

15-<br />

10-<br />

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

Utilized Gate Count (Thousands)<br />

1990 1991 H <strong>1992</strong><br />

based upon oior research on the number of licenses users currently<br />

have, and the nvimber they need, as shown in Figure 3-2.<br />

Regional Effects<br />

Dataquest anticipates that North America will continue to be the<br />

largest consumer of <strong>CAE</strong> software tools, as shown in Figure 3-5. This<br />

conclusion is based on our end-user research, which shows that, on<br />

average, system complexity is greater in North America than its<br />

regional counterparts. Indeed, 1991 showed that typical ASIC gate<br />

densities were 25,000 gates in North Anierica, compared to 18,000 in<br />

Japan. The number of signal layer per board was, on average, 47 percent<br />

higher than those in Europe and Japan. Ehie to the complex<br />

nature of these <strong>design</strong>s, EDA vendors will find that users in North<br />

America are willing to pay higher prices for sophisticated tools that<br />

solve their system <strong>design</strong> problems.<br />

Logic Syntiiesis Market Forecast<br />

The logic synthesis market continues to experience robust expansion,<br />

despite few vendors with mature product offerings. Eharing the past<br />

three years, the leading players in the EDA industry have been imable<br />

to mount a serious threat to Synopsys' market position. Synopsys has<br />

G200196$<br />

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

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