EDA industry revenue down in Q2-09

SAN JOSE, USA: The EDA Consortium (EDAC) Market Statistics Service (MSS) today announced that the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry revenue for Q2 2009 is $1,125.5 million, a 5.6 percent sequential decline from Q1.

On a Q2/Q2 basis, EDA industry revenue declined 15.8 percent to $1,125.5 million, compared to $1,335.9 million in Q2 2008. The four-quarter moving average declined 13.9 percent.

“This recession started with the most precipitous drop in electronics industry history. Nevertheless, the normal pattern of preserving most R&D spending has been maintained by most electronics companies,” said Wally Rhines, EDAC chair and chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics. “As the electronics industry recovers, and its R&D spending increases to come in line with its growing revenue, the EDA industry would be expected to recover as well.”

Companies that were tracked employed 26,298 professionals in Q2 2009, down 6.1 percent from the 28,004 employed in Q2 2008, and down 1.0 percent from the 26,561 employed in Q1 2009.

Revenue by product category
Computer Aided Engineering (CAE), EDA’s largest category, generated revenue of $449.7 million in Q2 2009. This represents a 12.2 percent decrease over the same period in 2008. The four-quarter moving average for CAE declined 18.6 percent.

In the next largest category, IC Physical Design and Verification, revenue decreased to $270.6 million in Q2 2009, a 12.8 percent decrease compared to Q2 2008. The four-quarter moving average declined 19.7 percent for IC Physical Design & Verification.

Printed Circuit Board and Multi-Chip Module (PCB and MCM) revenue decreased 24.1 percent compared to Q2 2008, to $105.8 million. The four-quarter moving average for PCB and MCM decreased 10.4 percent.

Semiconductor Intellectual Property (SIP) revenue totaled $221.6 million in Q2 2009, a 16.3 percent decrease compared to Q2 2008. The four-quarter moving average for SIP decreased 5.0 percent.

Services revenue was $77.8 million in Q2 2009, a decrease of 28.6 percent compared to Q2 2008. The four-quarter moving average for services increased 7.5 percent.

Revenue by consuming region
The Americas, EDA’s largest region, purchased $509 million of EDA products and services in Q2 2009, representing an 11.5 percent decrease compared to Q2 2008. The four-quarter moving average was down 14.7 percent for the region.

Revenue in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) was down 21.1 percent in Q2 2009 compared to Q2 2008 on revenues of $212.4 million. The four-quarter moving average for EMEA was down 14.3 percent.

Q2 2009 revenue from Japan decreased 21.5 percent to $217.8 million compared to Q2 2008. The four-quarter moving average for Japan decreased 17.9 percent.

The Asia/Pacific (APAC) region decreased to $186.3 million in Q2 2009, a 13.1 percent decrease compared to the same quarter in 2008. The four-quarter moving average declined 5.3 percent.

Magwel's breakthrough EDA products for power management ICs

Design Automation Conference 2009, SAN JOSE, USA: Magwel NV, the leader in 3D co-simulation and extraction solutions, is announcing the release and immediate availability of two breakthrough EDA products for design and verification of power management ICs.

Power Transistor Modeler (PTM) extracts the series-on-resistance (Rdson) of very large power transistor arrays with 3D simulation accuracy in record time. Current hot-spots and electro-migration problems are highlighted directly on the GDS layout. Automatic GDS input and geometric processing make this tool easy to use by designers.

Substrate Noise Modeler (SNM) analyzes substrate noise injection (both minority and majority carrier injections) and noise coupling to sensitive circuits, which is typically found in power management devices. SNM takes GDS layout and technology information as input and provides 3D device simulation accuracy with very fast simulation speed.

“2D and 2.5D extractors are not adequate to deal with the complex, non-uniform current flows in power devices. Due to this lack of accurate tools, designers often over-design to avoid reliability problems,” said Dündar Dumlugöl, Chairman and CEO of Magwel. He added, “PTM simulates some of the largest power transistors in the industry in a matter of hours on standard workstations pinpointing potential electro-migration problems.”

SNM was developed to address substrate noise problems typically found in switching power regulators. SNM models drift-diffusion equations in the substrate with advanced carrier mobility and recombination models to provide excellent match with silicon.

Dumlugöl said: “SNM is unique in the sense that it combines the accuracy of a true 3D device simulator with the speed and capacity necessary to handle large scale problems. This has been achieved through a combination of intelligent meshing and advanced numerical techniques.”

PTM and SNM have been extensively validated at leading power management IC vendors.

Magwel will demonstrate these products at DAC'09 conference in San Francisco, CA in booth #3357.