This year's DAC will host the third Workshop on Interoperability, a subject of perpetual and passionate interest. What progress has been made and what lies ahead?
Designers are still struggling with advancing technology, growing system complexity and shorter schedules. Tools flows are becoming more complicated. EDA companies are merging and offering highly-integrated "complete" solutions. DA Managers ask for better tools, but can't afford their evaluation, while universities and small EDA companies strive to get innovative point tools incorporated. System and Semiconductor companies want to mix and match best-of-breed tools with their own software to gain a competitive advantage.
Since the last Workshop, the Open Access Coalition has been formed and established a standard API for design data access, based on Cadence's Genesis Data Model and its source code. Will this standard enable the needed tightly integrated design systems to be built with leading edge components selected from multiple suppliers? Learn more about the Interoperability issues, progress and the future. Ask your questions to the experts in the System, Semiconductor and EDA Industries.SCHEDULE:
12:00 PM Lunch (buffet served in room 285)
1:00 PM Welcome: John Darringer
1:15 PM Session 1 - Customer View on Interoperability Progress and
Future
Chair: Terry Blanchard - Mgr. VLSI Tech. Ctr., H-P Co.
Dale Hoffman - Dir. EDA, IBM Corp.
Greg Spirakis - GM. Design Technology,
Intel Corp.
Sumit Dasgupta - Dir. SOC-IP Design
Systems, Motorola, Inc.
Sudhakar Sabada - VP Design Tech. Dev., LSI
Logic Corp.
Jean-Pierre Geronomi - Dir. CAD, ST
Microelectronics
Jan-Olof Kismalm - Dir. Corporate Strategy,
Ericsson
2:15 PM Open Access Coalition Status
Scott Petersen - Dir. Silicon Optimization, LSI Logic Corp.
2:30 PM Session 2 - EDA Industry View of
Interoperability Progress and Future
Chair: Greg Spirakis - Mgr. Design Technology, Intel
Corp.
Lavi Lev - Sr. VP IC Solutions, Cadence
Design Systems, Inc.
Michael Sanie - Dir. Marketing Dev.,
Numerical Technologies
Richard Goldman - VP Strategic Market Dev.,
Synopsys, Inc.
Aki Fujimura - President and COO, Simplex
Solutions, Inc.
Moshe Gavrielov - CEO, Verisity Design,
Inc.
Sang Wang - CEO, Nassda
3:30 PM Break
3:45 PM Panel: What is the Future of
Interoperability?
Chair: Richard Goering - Editor, EE Times
Panel members to be selected from workshop
speakers.
5:00 PM Adjourn