Gary Smith EDA Business Operations Transferred to Pedestal Research
As the leading provider of market intelligence and advisory services for the electronics design industry, Gary Smith EDA is excited to announce that it has transferred its business operations to Pedestal Research. Market research and competitive intelligence services will continue to be spearheaded by lead analyst Laurie Balch, whose experience includes over 20 years as a design and engineering industry analyst with both Gartner and Gary Smith EDA.
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By Gary Smith EDA on January 22, 2018

EDA market performance in 2016 was strong across the board. As is typical, however, growth patterns still fluctuated among the many varied segments of this diverse market. The EDA market didn’t experience any surprises, but continued on a path of steady revenue increases. Long-term forecasts for all these market categories are trending well, especially for the leading edge ESL market segment.
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By Gary Smith EDA on January 20, 2018
RTL – The Changing Face of RTL
The RTL and Below Market Trends report includes market share, market forecast and analysis by sub-applications for the RTL and Below sub-applications. For more information, please review the detailed table of contents and figures.
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By Gary Smith EDA on January 20, 2018
ESL – ESL Trajectory Back on Track
The ESL Market Trends report includes market share, market forecast and analysis by sub-applications for the ESL sub-applications. For more information, please review the detailed table of contents and figures.
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By Gary Smith EDA on January 20, 2018
IC CAD – CAD Flow Investment for 2020 Production
The IC CAD Market Trends report includes market share, market forecast and analysis by sub-applications for the IC CAD sub-applications. For more information, please review the detailed table of contents and figures.
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By Gary Smith EDA on January 20, 2018
PCB – PCB Platforms Leading the Industry
The PCB Market Trends report includes market share, market forecast and analysis by sub-applications for the PCB sub-applications. For more information, please review the detailed table of contents and figures.
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By Gary Smith EDA on January 19, 2018
Includes:
• 2017 Market Trends: ESL
• 2017 Market Trends: RTL and Below
• 2017 Market Trends: IC CAD
• 2017 Market Trends: PCB
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By Gary Smith EDA on June 14, 2017

22nd annual write up of “must see” products at the 54th DAC 2017 with a detailed analysis of the products, categories and why you “must see” them. Also includes related presentation during Monday DAC pavilion. To post/ reprint the list and/or use GSEDA logo, purchase the RV for $500.
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By Gary Smith EDA on November 16, 2016
The announcement of Mentor Graphics’ acquisition by Siemens is a huge step toward the convergence of the EDA and mechanical design markets. Siemens is a leading player in mechanical CAx design tools, while Mentor has an expansive EDA product portfolio. This acquisition shows that the future for the EDA industry is system-level design and that future is now.
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By Gary Smith EDA on July 21, 2016
This week, Japanese technology conglomerate SoftBank Group announced it will purchase semiconductor IP powerhouse ARM in a cash deal worth approximately $32 billion. What does this massive deal mean for EDA users and vendors? Gary Smith EDA offers our view of this extremely noteworthy acquisition and its impact on the EDA and electronic design industries.
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By Gary Smith EDA on October 23, 2015

Commercial IP has been added to our EDA market sizing with RTL. These two highly dependent markets are really moving together toward an integrated future as indispensable, complementary, commercial components of electronics designs. Worldwide EDA product and maintenance revenue totaled just shy of $7.8 billion and grew 7.7 percent from its 2013 market size. Included in this report is the ranking of the top EDA companies and total market size and growth per region
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By Gary Smith EDA on June 19, 2018
As the leading provider of market intelligence and advisory services for the electronics design industry, Gary Smith EDA is excited to announce that it has transferred its business operations to Pedestal Research. Market research and competitive intelligence services will continue to be spearheaded by lead analyst Laurie Balch, whose experience includes over 20 years as a design and engineering industry analyst with both Gartner and Gary Smith EDA.
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By Gary Smith EDA on January 22, 2018

EDA market performance in 2016 was strong across the board. As is typical, however, growth patterns still fluctuated among the many varied segments of this diverse market. The EDA market didn’t experience any surprises, but continued on a path of steady revenue increases. Long-term forecasts for all these market categories are trending well, especially for the leading edge ESL market segment.
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By Gary Smith EDA on June 14, 2017
It’s the 1920’s meets the 1990s in a speakeasy mash up at DAC this year!
Join Heart of Technology and our sponsors at the swankiest party at DAC. We’ll be pouring the giggle water and serving the eats, Al Capone style. Entertainment will be provided by Vista Roads Band with special guests The JD Experience. This year, we are supporting The Gary Smith Memorial Scholarship Endowment at San Jose State University. It’s going to be the bees’ knees, man! So, get your rags together and join us on June 19th at the Speakeasy, voted Austin’s “best swanky” and “best place to party.”
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By Gary Smith EDA on June 14, 2017
22nd annual write up of “must see” products at the 54th DAC 2017. To post / reprint the list and/or use GSEDA logo, purchase the RV for $500. View the List for Free.
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By Gary Smith EDA on June 14, 2017
In one convenient download, the SDA, Multi-Platform Based Design, ESL, CAE, CAD-CAM Wallcharts that represent the EDA vendors’ IP and tools per category as defined by Gary Smith EDA.
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By Gary Smith EDA on June 14, 2017
The System Design Automation (SDA) Wallchart lists vendors by System Design Automation, PCB, 3D IC and Other Design Domains sub application
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By Gary Smith EDA on June 14, 2017
The ESL Wallchart lists vendors by ESL sub application in the categories of Behavioral ESL, Architectural Design and Verification
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By Gary Smith EDA on June 14, 2017
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By Gary Smith EDA on February 18, 2013

The first page of the attached survey form is a summary page of all your company’s EDA software activities. Subsequent pages further divide your software and software maintenance revenue by sub-application detail.
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