The Week In Review: July 16
By Ed Sperling
Mentor Graphics moved past Cadence into the No. 2 spot in EDA behind Synopsys, a position it hasn’t held for at least the past 15 years, according to new numbers from Gary Smith EDA. Mentor also is the clear market leader in PCB design with the Valor acquisition, which will get very interesting once 3D ICs begin hitting the market over the next couple of years.
According to the latest stats from the research/consulting company, Synopsys has 32.5% market share in EDA by revenue, followed by Mentor with 18.4% and Cadence with 18.1%. Magma had 2.8% and Agilent 2.7%.
But Cadence is hardly standing still. The company’s realignment around software and IP is just getting going and it continues to make gains in analog-mixed signal.Cadence’s QRC Extraction was adopted by STMicroelectronics for 40nm AMS design.
Synopsys inked a deal with SVTC Technologies, which provides development and commercialization services for chips in markets such as biotechnology and MEMS. SVTC will use Synopsys’ manufacturing tools to accelerate time to commercialization.
ARM rolled out its Development Studio 5 Application Edition to simplify the development of Linux and Android apps for ARM-based systems. What’s interesting is the product enables developers to begin debugging and testing before the hardware is available.
TSMC broke ground on its third 300mm fab in Taiwan. That sounds like a vote of confidence for the semiconductor industry.
Along the same lines, Intel reported its best quarter ever with revenue of $10.8 billion and net income of $2.9 billion. That should spur some additional business.
Tags: Cadence, Intel, Mentor Graphics, STMicroelectronics, SVTC Technologies, Synopsys, TSMC