Logic circuit maker: EDA strategy stifles IC design creativity

摘要

Clockless logic circuit developer Handshake Solutions (Eindhoven, Netherlands), a subsidiary of Konin-klijke Philips Electronics NV, has taken the unusual step of issuing a press release to proclaim that semiconductor design is "struggling." Creativity will be pivotal in turning the situation around, according to the company, but no one has managed to take the fundamental steps necessary to solve the industry's problem. "Let the designers rule their creative process, instead of having EDA tools running the show," Wout Van Roost, CEO of Handshake Solutions, said in the statement, which does not offer a detailed alternative to current design methods.