EDA StartUps
A very intresting article that points out One thing among many other ‘eternal truths’ about EDA industry. What the author argues about the bloating of figures…I dont know…but this seems intresting
Big companies need to embrace start-ups and the growth-by-acquisition strategy. Most big EDA companies believe that, if they stop paying 10 times more revenue for EDA start-ups, EDA entrepreneurs will work for the big EDA vendors and innovate in-house. The fact is that most big EDA innovations come from start-ups. Again, EDA is a difficult and highly specialized field. The biggest tool innovations usually start with one grad student devoting his entire academic life to solving one problem. Architects at most big EDA companies are too busy upgrading yesterday’s tools to think deeply about tomorrow’s problems. Thus, if you don’t support the start-up model, you’re killing the industry’s future.
EDA industry needs a reality check
http://www.edn.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA6298273
