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EDA & Design Software

Semiconductor R&D spending to hit record high in 2012

Cadence tests IP on TSMC’s 28nm processes

Improved interface speeds high frequency pcb design and analysis

Synopsys buys SpringSoft in $400million deal

SPICE simulator speeds analogue and rf designs

Cadence upgrades verification software

Balanced approach matches analogue design requirements

Cadence opens OrCAD Capture marketplace to all users

Metasimulator runs 100 times faster than Monte Carlo analyses

Systemic complexity is the chip designer’s biggest enemy

Xilinx 'reinvents' fpga design environment to cope with increased system complexity

FPGA-PCB codesign; a 21st Century approach to integrating fpgas into the pcb design process