As FPGA vendors strive to make their devices more SoC- and ASIC-like, they are collaborating with EDA companies to more seamlessly integrate their tools. This produces great benefits for designers as FPGA design methodologies are leading the way to new capabilities in areas such as Electronic System Level (ESL) synthesis, IP integration and re-use, and higher-level tools for software/hardware co-design.

Add Cadence and Berkeley Design Automation (BDA) to the list of EDA litigants that will be making more lawyers wealthy in Silicon Valley.