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Why would this happen given that semiconductor industry itself is shrinking? I used to work in EDA until recently, but since money in semiconductor is dwindling
by rgovind 10y ago
Why would this happen given that semiconductor industry itself is shrinking? I used to work in EDA until recently, but since money in semiconductor is dwindling, people like me have no interest in pursuing ideas in EDA
- nickpsecurity 10y agoThe other problem that I noticed is buyers are extremely risk-adverse about synthesis tools. They dont want to pay that mask fee to get broken chips in return. No more than necessary anyway. They were picky even about offerings from Big 3 when I last looked where behavioral was almost always Design Compiler, RTL almost always same product, and most using Mentor for material check. Id see different mixes on occasion but most stuck with what seemed to work for quite a few people. I think an EDA startup doing these things might have to prove itself with industrial-grade, academic projects first just to get some proof it works. Then, it will get a small slice of a shrinking pie that requires solving a pile of NP-hard problems in a patent minefield. I'm surprised at how many get funded to begin with.