From the President: 'Tis the Season of DAC

It is hard to believe it is that time of year again. As the largest industry event in EDA, the Design Automation Conference is a wonderful opportunity to exchange rich information on what has been happening in the past year and what is on the roadmap for the coming year. Today so much of our communication takes place remotely that it is an even more special occasion when in a single venue we can engage face to face with our EDA colleagues, partners, customers, and yes, even our competitors.

For us at Tanner EDA, DAC is also the time of year when we bring our worldwide sales team together at our company headquarters in Monrovia, California. We spend two days reviewing the past year, sharing our experiences from region to region, conducting internal training, and unifying the team to carry out the strategy and roadmap ahead of us. Not only does the Tanner EDA global direct sales team come together from as far as Japan and Taiwan, but we invite our distributor partners who this year will be attending both our Global Sales Meeting as well as DAC from Singapore, India, and the UK.

We are looking forward to a productive and exciting DAC once again. We have new features and functionality since the v15.0 release of our tools last year that we will be demoing (come visit us in booth #2231), roadmap topics on which we are enthusiastic to openly discuss, and analog insights we will be sharing as part of our DAC Exhibitor Forum and Pavilion Panel participation.

See you in San Diego!

- Greg Lebsack, President

Analog Insights: Come Hear Us and Our Partners Speak at DAC's Exhibitor Forums, Technical Panel, and Booth Presentations

This year at DAC 2011, joined by our partners, we will be sharing our analog insights in two Exhibitor Forums and a Technical Panel. In addition, throughout the day, we will hold scheduled half-hour presentations from our customer and foundry partners in the Tanner EDA booth (2231). Come here us speak and participate in Q&A on the following topics:

Exhibitor Forums - Monday, June 6, 2011

Location: Exhibit Hall G, Booth #1005

10:40 - 11:15 am - Analog IC Design - Why a Cohesive Tool Flow Drives Productivity

Abstract: As Analog IC Designers strive to keep pace with the rapidly increasing market demands around quicker time-to-market, productivity has become a mandate. This presentation will discuss the productivity advantages afforded by using a cohesive analog design tool suite; comprised of schematic capture, simulation, layout, and physical verification. Findings from a recent survey of Analog IC Designers - touching on the key benefits and challenges they see with using a full-flow design suite - will be presented and discussed.

Speakers: Mass Sivilotti - Chief Scientist, Tanner EDA & John Zuk - VP Marketing & Strategy, Tanner EDA (Both from Monrovia, California)

3:00 - 3:35 pm - Analog IC Design at the Edge: A New Twist for Nanoscale Productivity

Abstract: Nanoscale analog IC design productivity is a major concern as chip device counts approach 1 billion at 32 nm. A multitude of physical device pattern separation dimensions must now be entered into the prelayout simulation models to accurately predict postlayout circuit performance. Our approach - based on the seminal work of Mead and Conway - offers a novel method that enables rapid circuit simulation in a multitude of nanoscale technology nodes and platform options. The result is that prelayout simulation accuracy is improved; having a direct impact on increasing analog IC manufacturing yields while simultaneously increasing design productivity.

Speakers: Dr. Lanny Lewyn - President, Lewyn Consulting - Laguna Beach, California, Nicolas Williams - Director of Product Management, Tanner EDA - Monrovia, California

Pavilion Panel - Wednesday, June 8, 2011

11:15am - 12:00pm - Why the Delay in Analog PDK?

Topic Area: Analog / Mixed-Signal / RF Design

Location: Booth #3421

Summary: Why does it take so long for foundries to release analog/mixed-signal process design kits (PDKs)? The amount of AMS content in your designs is growing, and the pressure to move to smaller process nodes is increasing. This is your chance to talk to the people who develop your PDKs and reference flows!

Speakers: Mass Sivilotti - Tanner EDA, Monrovia, CA, Tom Quan - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., San Jose, CA, and Ofer Tamir - TowerJazz, Newport Beach, CA

Booth Presentations - Monday - Wednesday, June 6-8, 2011

The DAC Exhibit hall will be open from 9am - 6pm each day Monday-Wednesday and we will be featuring a wonderful mix of business partners and guest presenters in our booth throughout the three days in addition to our regular tool demonstrations.