( ESNUG 593 Item 07 ) --------------------------------------------- [04/13/23]
Subject: Snarkies on Anirudh 2023 vs. Synopsys.ai, ChatGPT, and chiplets
Editor's Note: These are the user snarkies I received in relation to
the "Anirudh 2022 King of EDA" story *after* the recent launch (two
weeks ago) of Synopsys.ai at SNUG'23. Enjoy. - John
SANTA CLARA, CA, 03/29/2023, PRnewswire -- Synopsys.ai blah blah AI-driven
blah blah DSO.ai runs on top of Fusion Compiler and IC Compiler II to search
very large PnR solution spaces for optimal results blah blah blah... 25%
less power ... VSO.ai runs on top of VCS for blah blah optimal results...
for 10X faster functional coverage ... TSO.ai runs multiple copies of
TextMAX for enhanced defect coverage, fewer test patterns, and faster time
to results ... blah blah blah
... multiple parallel training runs ... learning ... training ... Synopsys.ai
has 160 tape-outs blah blah blah Renesas, MediaTek, IBM, ST, Samsung, ARM, and
SK Hynix are current users using some part of Synopsys.ai.
- John Cooley's interpretation of the SNUG'23 news from 03/29/2023
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Anirudh was the 2022 King of EDA, but what about 2023?
From the SNUG meeting last it looks like Aart has a lot going on in
AI that might cause Anirudh to lose his crown in 2023.
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I just watched the Aart keynote. Synopsys.ai has 160 tapeouts.
Maybe it'll be Aart as the EDA King in 2023?
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Is Cadence doing anything to match the Synopsys.ai launch?
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Can you independently confirm these DSO.ai tape-outs, John?
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Do you know how Synopsys defines a Synopsys.ai tapeout?
Is it VSO.ai or DSO.ai or TSO.ai touched any part of the chip?
Or is a VSO.ai -> DSO.ai -> TSO.ai all the way flow?
Or two out of three .ai flows were used?
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Anirudh's reign might be only 1 year if Synopsys.ai takes off.
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What's the Cadence equivalent to the Synopsys AI flow story?
I can only find TenSilica DSP and Allegro articles for Cadence AI.
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Does CDNS have anything for digital PnR or full custom that's AI?
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At DAC two years ago, Cadence launched it's Cerebrus floorplan
optimizer with machine learning. Renesas and Samsung spoke.
What's happened to Cerebrus since that DAC?
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I saw a chiplet talk at SNUG.
I also saw TSMC, Imec, and AMD talk at ISSCC.
I know Ansys has some chiplet tools for interposers.
Is Cadence doing anything tool-specific for chiplets?
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Do you know of any EDA company making a tool around ChatGPT?
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I heard Cadence has a Verilog regression tool based on ChatGPT.
Do you know if this is true? If yes, what details can you share?
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What's the difference between heuristics and machine learning and
artificial intelligence in EDA?
They're now saying ML/AI everywhere where they used to say heuristics.
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