EDA Bloggers 2009 This is an update of my May 28, 2008 post “Bloggers Covering Design Automation” which I have subsequently updated in place approximately every two weeks for the last 13 months. The list was originally about 60 and has grown since then. At the time I started tracking blogs, neither Cadence nor Mentor […]
The Conversation Central effort at DAC 2009 is the brainchild of Karen Bartleson.
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Rajeev Madhavan has founded three companies, ultimately taking Magma Design Automation public. We cover his background and lessons learned as a successful serial entrepreneur.
Interview with Rajeev Madhavan, CEO of Magma Design Automation Read More »
Craig Shirley on “Negotiating with Key Accounts” Tue-Jun-16 in Sunnyvale Craig Shirley, VP of Sales at Apache Design Solutions has attended a couple of Bootstrapper Breakfasts® in 2009 and always gives very practical advice on sales and negotiation issues. No surprise, he has more than two decades of experience in sales and sales management and
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We have been invited to join the “EE Times Trusted Sources” list of blogs. At the discretion of EE Times editors a blog post may be selected from one recently published and a capsule summary placed in their “Trusted Sources” area. EET has characterized the section as follows. This section features posts from around the
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An interview with John Sanguinetti, co-founder and CTO of Forte Design Systems, who shares his experiences of turning ideas into a businesses.
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Extracts from a panel at the 1998 Design Automation Conference on an EDA startup’s first product. Highlights remarks by John Sanguinetti.
John Sanguinetti on an EDA Startup’s First Product Read More »
Daniel Nenni has a thought provoking first post on his new blog “The Mathematics of EDA.” He suggests that many EDA markets segments are “winner take all” in the manner of a poker pot, and that DAC is in need of reform to continue to be a good deal for larger EDA companies. He offers
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EDA Roundup: 100+ EDA Blogs, Jim Hogan, Wally Rhines 100+ EDA Blogs: I have updated the “Bloggers Covering Design Automation” list so that it now has over 100 listed. I think remain on track for 500 blogs by 2011 as I had predicted in “What Happens when 70 EDA Blogs Become 500 in 2011.”
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Chris Kappler, president of Achilles Test Systems, will give a talk on “Insights and Lessons Learned Verifying the QoS Engine of Cisco’s Quantum Flow Processor” at DV Club.
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Some quick impressions form the EDAC CEO Forecast for 2009. EDAC was the Electronic Design Automation Consortium.
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A great write-up by Yatin Trivedi on the value of coopetition: the motivation for a partnership program in any company is to better serve the customers beyond one’s ability.
Yatin Trivedi on the Value of Coopetition Read More »
When introducing disruptive tools, the difficulty of adoption is proportional to the cube of the number of organizational silos who need to agree.
Disruptive Tools Can Stall At Group Boundaries Read More »
Worry about a good customer reference more than getting paid. A reference will lead to payment, but just because they pay does not mean they’re a reference. Plan for gaining customer references by starting with a request for feedback don the quality of your services and the business results you enabled.
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There will be a birds of feather meeting for EDA bloggers at ICCAD 2008 on Wed-Nov-12-2008 at 4-6pm in the Fir Room.
EDA Bloggers’ BoF at ICCAD 2008 Wed-Nov-12 4-6pm in Fir Room Read More »
A look back over the last seven years to provide a context for an assessment of the EDA business climate and prospects for the future.
EDA Business Climate: A Retrospective Read More »
There is a risk of complacency for start-ups (and even larger firms) who have achieved a level of security in their first niche. Markets change, consumer needs change, and you need to continue to explore opportunities to sell your offering to new customers–non-customers–even though it’s a much harder sales process than a renewal, upgrade, or
Non-Customers Are Where Important Changes Often Start Read More »
An announcement of an EDA Bloggers’ BoF at ICCAD 2008, listing speakers, organizers, and a mailing list for EDA Bloggers
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An interview in 2008 with Herb Reiter of EDA 2 ASIC Consulting, Inc. on Static Timing Analysis and how to introduce it into a design flow.
Herb Reiter Interview on Fostering Static Timing Analysis Adoption Read More »
I researched an opinion piece for SCDSource about three weeks ago that is up on the site today at “How Cadence’s Mentor buy would impact EDA startups.” I start from the following premise: I believe that the merger will be consummated, but that Cadence will not remain as one of the top three players in
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