In an exclusive survey conducted by EE Times and co-sponsored by Deutsche Bank over 1,000 EDA users handed a report card at the 2005 Design Automation Conference (DAC) with a grade that can be described as "incomplete". The survey covered 339 ASIC/IC designers, 116 FPGA designers, and 698 PCB designers. Insights from Design Automation editorial director Richard Goering on the results of the survey are followed by descriptions of five typical global design teams and the challenges they are facing. Infocharts (By the Numbers) and the survey itself are also here.

By the Numbers: Big chips make for big projects

2005 EDA Survey Report
FPGA Survey .PDF File (365 kb)	Chip Survey .PDF File (448 kb)	Board Survey .PDF File (347 kb)
FPGA Survey .PPT File (732 kb)	Chip Survey .PPT File (715 kb)	Board Survey .PPT File (766 kb)
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