News

TCAD & EDA in general
What follows are a collection of articles published on line from EETIMES, EDACafe, and other sources. It highlights TCAD and EDA related news concerning:
 * 1) The use of TCAD
 * 2) Important TCAD companies and people
 * 3) Miscellaneous tidbits about lawsuits and other happenings with EDA and TCAD vendors

03/17/2009 EDA 3.0: EDA startup guidelines
 * An article about (or press release for) the next article.

03/17/2009 EDA 3.0: So you are an EDA startup?
 * Reads like a thinly veiled advertisement for the consulting business of the authors. Interesting.

09/18/2008 Silicon germanium: fast, quiet, and powerful

09/10/2008 Synopsys agrees to work on TCAD for phase-change memory

09/02/2008 Synopsys leverages TCAD for solar cells

08/26/2008 Synopsys, Magma eye opportunities in solar market

04/23/2008 [http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS154977+23-Apr-2008+PRN20080423 '''Toshiba Adopts Synopsys Sentaurus TCAD Simulation for Development of Next-Generation Device Technologies. . . .''']

10/01/2007 Even EDA ex-Avanti CEO Gerald Hsu has a blog

05/11/2007 What to expect at 45-nm

10/23/2006 Dr. Robert Dutton - The Father of TCAD
 * Article about Professor Dutton after winning the EDA Consortium's 2006 Phil Kaufman Award

10/19/2006 Gartner Dataquest closes CAD group

10/16/2006 DFM drives EDA growth surge, Dataquest says

08/15/2006 Silvaco Announces Final Settlement With Circuit Semantics Resolving All Legal Disputes

01/16/2006 Silvaco aims high in EDA
 * Very informative article

01/09/2006 Simucad spins out from Silvaco, plans IPO in '06
 * Discusses size of TCAD market

12/30/2005 Report says EDA market could be nearing 'inflection point'

10/15/2005 TCAD - Technology CAD
 * An interview with Terry Ma of Synopsys. He discusses the value of TCAD, as well as important information about the TCAD market in general.

07/27/2005 Silvaco products supporting Stanford TCAD legacy

09/03/2003 Silvaco wins judgment against Circuit Semantics

10/11/2004 Synopsys gains TCAD, DFM with ISE acquisition

11/18/2002 Cadence and Avant Settle Trade Secret Lawsuit

11/06/2002 Silvaco vs. CSI trade secrets case headed to trial

10/02/2002 Women blast 'sexist' billboard
 * There was a big to do over e*ECAD's billboards concerning their novel EDA licensing scheme. I do remember seeing them driving on the 101 when I used to live in the Silicon Valley.

12/19/2000 Avanti mulls how to relieve TCAD bottleneck

11/04/2007 [http://web.archive.org/web/19981206232052/http://techweb.cmp.com/eet/news/97/980news/avant.html '''Avant! loses $31M in Silvaco suit''']

02/12/1996 TMA, Silvaco settle 'dumpster diving' case

11/15/1993 Spice market gets too hot