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

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Chapter 5<br />

IC Layout Market<br />

Introduction and Forecast<br />

Dataquest classifies tools that are used to create and validate the physical<br />

implementation of an integrated circuit (IC) as IC layout software.<br />

The IC layout category includes polygon fxiitors, symbolic editors,<br />

placement and routing software, <strong>design</strong> verification, compilers, and<br />

module development tools. The IC layout market has benefited from<br />

the stability of its supplier base, so that in 1991 it boasted the highest<br />

year-to-year software growth rate in EDA, a relatively unimpressive<br />

6.2 percent. Dataquest projects a mild growth rate in this area in the<br />

range of 5 to 9 percent year-to-year growth for the short term, with<br />

growth rates reaching more than 10 percent in 1994, as shown in<br />

Figure 5-1.<br />

Driving Forces<br />

There is little demand for additional licensees of IC layout software<br />

(see Figure 5-2). Indeed, the most important factor that will drive<br />

Figure 5-1<br />

Worldwide IC Layout Software and Service Market History and Forecast<br />

Millions of Dollars<br />

400-<br />

300-<br />

200- 1<br />

100-<br />

1<br />

19 87 1988<br />

•*-<br />

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

1 1<br />

1989 1990<br />

Software Revenue<br />

1<br />

1991 <strong>1992</strong><br />

1 1 1<br />

1993 1994 1995<br />

-•— Service Revenue<br />

19 96<br />

GaOQ19(7E<br />

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

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