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Well, it has been quite a while since my last post on this blog. But I today I wanted to share some interesting data points from Gary Smith’s latest “ESL Market Overview” report which came out a few weeks ago.

The first fact is that, in what Gary calls “one of the worst years in EDA history”, ESL outperformed the overall EDA market. While EDA declined by 6.6%, ESL “held its own with a negative 1.3% growth” still according to the report. This is quite telling and encouraging. When times are tough, EDA tool spending is typically focused on core, value-add, solutions. The fact that ESL did comparably better than EDA is an undisputable confirmation that ESL tools and flows have become “must-haves” for many. In this context, Catapult C consolidates its #1 position with a 50% market share in the High-Level Synthesis (HLS) market.