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

A-6 CMJ/CfiM/CfiJE—Electronic Design Automation Applications
27. Please indicate the percentage of system design cycle time spent on the following tasks:
% of System Design
Cycle Time Spent on Task
DeOnition of design specification and system partitioning
Logic/circuit design and logic verification
Design for testability and test vector development
System integration and verification
Prototype debug
Other (please specify)
Total = 100%
28. During the design cycle, what methods do you use to verify your system designs (check all that apply)?
Cunent Desipi Next Generation Design
Full system level simulation Q O
Simulate critical parts only G Q
Breadboard (or directly to prototype) G Q
29. a) What is your EDA budget (in dollars if possible)?
1991
1992 (estimate)
b) What percentage of your 1991 EDA budget is spent on purchasing tools from outside vendors versus developing
tools internally?
Outside Vendors %
Internal Development %
Total = 100%
30. On a per-seat basis, how much would you be willing to spend for a framework license that supports the following (check
only one per column)?
Tool Integration Data & User
& Data Library Interface
Translation Management Customization
Less than $2,500 • • •
52,500-54,999 • • •
55.000-59,999 • • •
510,000-514,999 • • •
$15,000ormore Q • •
31. From the following list, please check all the vendors whose platforms you cuirendy use or plan to use for EDA:
Current Future
Apple Computer • Q
DEC Q •
Fujitsu • •
HP/Apollo Q •
Hitachi • •
IBM • •
MIPS • •
NEC • •
Silicon Graphics Q G
Sony • •
Sun Microsystems Q G
IBM Clone Vendor Q G
SPARC Clone Vendor G G
Other (please specify)
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