Grand designs, micro scales

ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS engaged in the design of integrated circuits, systems on chip (SoCs), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and other semiconductors face a complex, time-consuming task. It´s one that calls for all the help they can get from electronic design automation (EDA) software when it comes to simulating and testing their wares prior to fabrication, and with the constant flow of innovation in the integrated circuit (IC) market, the producers of software design tools are upping their game in order to keep pace.