Panel 1 • DVCon Talking Heads Panel

Come hear the well known talking heads of EDA discuss the issues of the day. What's their take on US jobs being outsourced to China, India, and Russia? Is System Verilog for real or just Synopsys marketing hype? What ever happened to SystemC? How are those package deals and "free" software affecting the industry? What about Milkyway vs. OpenAccess? Is there an RTL synthesis war starting up? How is the backend war going? These questions and plenty more will be discussed in this open panel.

Panelists:
Ray Bingham - President and CEO, Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
Wally Rhines - CEO, Mentor Graphics Corp.
Rajeev Madhaven - CEO, Magma Design Automation, Inc.
Bernie Aronson - CEO, Synplicity, Inc.
Brett Cline - VP, Forte Design Systems
Gabe Moretti - Senior VP & GM, Editor EDN EDA