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Closing the Loop to Increase Design Flow Predictability-July 22, 2010 |
This is a follow up post to my July 7th Blog entry called “Dealing with Moving Targets in Interesting Times”. In response to Nokia selling its modem division to Renesas I had thought about who the actual customers for system-design tools are in a landscape of consolidation and change. It turns out that there are actually more parties involved these days, which increases the potential for business but makes the interaction a bit more intricate. We are about to close the loop to manufacturing even tighter, just like we did in the days of PKS – Physically Knowledgeable Synthesis – back a decade ago.