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Hi, where can one find the best data on design complexity and verification challenges, and how our economic downturn has changed the IC design business?
Thanks
Georgia, ValleyPR

Discussion started by Georgia Marszalek , on 16 October 12:13 PM

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Brian Bailey, 2009-10-23 11:35:00

Are there any surprising or interesting things that you can share from the reports?

Georgia Marszalek, 2009-10-23 11:08:45

Hi, looks like the EDA Consortium's MSS report adds another dimension to our data.
www.edac.org
Best,
Georgia

Georgia Marszalek, 2009-10-20 11:30:35

Hi All,

Thank you to all.

I have found and received info from Semico,GarySmithEDA,Gartner and iSuppli as well as a link to the International Technology Semiconductor Roadmap.
http://www.itrs.net/Links/2007ITRS/Home2007.htm

Best,
Georgia, ValleyPR

Brian Bailey, 2009-10-18 20:43:58

Hi Georgia, while I cannot provide any hard data, I would like to make one comment with regards to your question. It may sound a little pedantic, but I think you are asking about design size rather than complexity. I see the two things as quite different. Complexity is more than about how big something is and in a naive manner is more to do with how connected things are. If we take a design that does a function and take two instances of it, the design size has doubled but the complexity has stayed the same. If we make those two things communicate, then complexity increases. If we say that they can communicate without any rules, the complexity may have risen to the point where it is no longer analyzable.
I believe that one of two things could happen in the way we design systems. The first is that we minimize communications by inserting single function logic on a chip. They communicate only when absolutely necessary. More likely is the second scenario where we make hardware as multi-function as possible and this could send complexity "through the roof" so to speak. I think the latter is more likely, but will have to be tempered so that it does not become too difficult to deal with.