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From time to time I receive emails inquiring about tools availability and comparison or about where to find an EDA product for a specific task.
Gary Smith, Founder and Principal Analyst at Gary Smith EDA, has for many years published a chart that groups all EDA vendors according to the application market segment they serve. He has graciously agreed to allow us to publish the charts. There is a total of three charts: one for ESL and SDA applications, one for CAE applications, and one for CAD-CAM applications.
A Quick Guide
The complete set of Wallcharts constitute a reference guide that quickly provides a list of EDA vendors arranged by market segments. To find the chart you are looking for follow the links below:
Analog/Mixed-Signal Design
Board Level Design
ESL Design
Digital IC Design (Front End)
Digital IC Design (Back End)
Verification
The charts are issued once a year around the Design Automation Conference (DAC). Of course EDA vendors are always working to develop new tools to support the technological development of the electronics industry. And mergers and acquisitions are also common in EDA. For these reasons we will periodically update the information with a section showing the latest available information. If you are aware of required updates please send the information to Gabe Moretti.
Changes and Updates
June 6, 2008 - In the EDA CAE chart, under the "Verilog Simulation" section, add SynaptiCAD. The company has developed and released a Verilog simulator called VeriLogger Extreme which is a compiled Verilog simulator.
June 20, 2008 - Remove Tenison from ESL Design chart.
June 24, 2008 - Replace Ansoft with ANSYS following the acquisition.
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