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Address the Challenges of Globalization and Productivity in EDA

Monday, October 31, 2011
By: Steve Lewis / Cadence Design Systems,
Birgit Neil / OpenText
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Summary

With today’s globalization, it’s becoming the norm for something to be invented in North America, Europe, or Japan, transferred to Taiwan or India for finalization, and then shipped to China for manufacturing. This trend has put a particular burden on the custom design process, as design quality is based on precise communication at every step. One small misinterpretation at any point can lead to an expensive design respin or—even worse—not making it to the finish line in time to win a contract. There’s a recognized need to facilitate better communication during the long custom-design cycles. From a software point of view, design tools must help engineers maintain design “intent” throughout the entire process—whether the design is moved across the room or across the planet. From an underlying-infrastructure perspective, a remote and mobile workforce needs secure, high-performance remote access to design tools in centralized application centers. Such a workforce also must be able to share information and collaborate in real time over any network.

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