Archive for June 2008
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Last notes from DAC, then back to DFT (part 1)
Update: I could swear I published this article with a title, but then I noticed it coming up blank in my feed…
All along I’ve said that DAC’s not really my show, but it was more interesting this year, given the whole EDA Bloggers Birds of Feather deal. It inspired some good discussion, and [...]
Magma DFT – Dead Again
OK – lesson learned – maybe. I was tipped on this a week or so before DAC – it was pointed out to me that any content (besides the original press releases from last year) on Magma’s [...]
Update on Credence/LTX Merger
Just wanted to point to Sramana Mitra’s take on the merger. One of the last paragraphs in the article brought up an interesting point:
Consolidation is a necessity for the ATE industry just as much as the EDA industry. In fact, a whole new layer of consolidation that bridges the design side and the test side [...]
Industry consolidation – M&A’s not just for EDA
My interest was piqued as much as anyone else when I saw the public outing of Cadence’s hostile bid for Mentor last week. But as a DFT guy trying to look objectively at how this might [...]
Birds, Dogs, whatever
I just got back from DAC, and the ‘Birds of a Feather’ EDA bloggers session. I’ve got to say, it felt a little more like a bunch of dogs getting to know each other. Seems [...]
