Ec...interview of a global luminary for efy anniv issue ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Dilin Anand (EFY)" Date: 26 Nov 2015 19:02 Subject: For Review: Interview with Mentor To: "Rahul Chopra" Cc: "Janani Gopalakrishnan Vikram" Sir, PFB Interview with Mentor for review. “After 10nm The Industry Could Move Away From Silicon” Design tool vendors often get to play with technology nodes long before the rest of the world even know they exist. In this interview, we sit down with a thought leader in the electronics design automation (EDA) industry to get a glimpse of what’s coming up. Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics, speaks to Dilin Anand from EFY. What are the three most exciting achievements in the electronics industry right now? There are three big things happening. First, we are now seeing the most prolific new technology nodes …show more content…
What previously happened was that, every customer had their own different techniques to check. As a result, when the wafers come back the ESD destroys those wafers and these customers tell the foundries that yield was low. What are the new tools coming up in the automotive sector? New tools are now available that enable embedded software development capabilities for automotive design using standards such as automotive open system architecture (AUTOSAR). We are now also seeing new analysis tools for the connectivity in a car, as well as tools for documentation and even to help technicians with wiring. For the electronics manufacturing services, design for manufacturing and assembly markets, we see that as design complexity increases these companies start facing issues in library management so that is another area where problems can be solved. How has increase in digital chip complexity affected the design