CONVENED TUESDAY July 28, 3:30pm - 4:15pm | Booth #1928
TOPIC AREA: ANALOG/MIXED-SIGNAL/RF DESIGN
PAVILION PANEL: Will Interoperable PDKs Fly in a Stodgy Analog World?
Mike Santarini - Xilinx, Inc., San Jose, CA
Jingwen Yuan - Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Most everyone agrees, standardized PDKs are needed to reduce foundry workload and increase productivity. PDKs are the essential link between designers and foundries defining custom design data interchange. Will the analog world embrace the interoperable PDK? What is the true benefit and cost to the analog designer?
Ed Lechner - Synopsys, Inc., Mountain View, CA
Bill Heiser - Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA
Tom Quan - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., San Jose, CA