Another one bites the dust?
Just saw this over at DeepChip:
Did you hear Mike Santarini of EDN just got laid off on Friday??This means the 3 biggest independents (Gartner/EETimes/EDN) that  used to cover EDA have pretty much killed off their EDA coverage.  Cadence stock is crashing. Fewer young faces do chip design now.  Are we watching the EDA industry collapsing in a self-inflicted  implosion? Is there a way out or should people working in EDA  now start studying to pass the California realtor's license exam?
First Smith, then Goering, now Santarini? So where shall we find independent, in-depth coverage of EDA issues? Is it “every man for himself” when it comes to EDA tools? Maybe the EDA industry feels we’re all better off believing their press releases?
Believe me, DFT was/is rarely covered by any of these sources anyway, but it seems to me to be a concern for the integrity of the industry as a whole.
What do you think?
Stumble It!
Yeah, I’m concerned too. I hear journalists blame EDA companies for not buying more advertising in their publications.
But I don’t see a lot of Intel or IBM ads either, and they get heavy coverage!