EDA industry sees proliferation of multi-core processors

摘要

Among established EDA providers, the advent of multi-core processors is a cause for both celebration and concern.rnThe good news is that multi-core platforms will provide much-needed compute power as transistor counts soar at 65nm and below. But legacy applications could prove difficult or even impossible to parallelise.rnThat could force expensive software rewrites, delay tools for the 65nm and 45nm nodes, and shift market momentum to a new generation of EDA start-ups.