Cadence asks India to build its own chip design software
Almost every chip in the world is designed with software from a few companies. Cadence says India can build its own.
In short
- Cadence wants India to grow its own EDA industry, the software used to design chips.
- Today Indian design teams mostly use tools from Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens.
- Cadence India's head said India is 30–40% of its global workforce, and junior talent is plentiful but senior talent is rare.
Key numbers
30–40%Share of Cadence's global workforce in India
3Big EDA tool makers: Cadence, Synopsys, Siemens
RareSenior chip design talent, says Cadence
What happened
- Cadence, one of the world's biggest chip design software makers, spoke about India's chip design push.
- It said India should build its own EDA (Electronic Design Automation) industry.
- Right now, Indian chip teams mostly use tools from Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens.
- Cadence India's head said India has many junior engineers but too few senior experts.
Why it matters
Why this is useful
- EDA tools are needed for every step of making a chip, from RTL to layout.
- Home-grown tools would make India less dependent on a few foreign companies.
Why it is good for freshers
- Learning EDA tools well, and even how they are built, can open careers in chip design and in chip software companies.
- Know the flow: simulation, synthesis, place and route, STA and sign-off.
- Coding skills (C++, Python, algorithms) plus VLSI basics are a strong mix for EDA software jobs.
Why it is good for India
- Indian EDA tools would add a missing piece to India's chip industry.
- Growing senior experts in India helps teams lead full chip projects here.
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Words in this story
- EDA: Electronic Design Automation, the software used to design and check chips.
- Sign-off: the final checks before a chip design is sent for making.