The majority of Cadence's business is IC tools. They are barely in first place there and there are more big players in it. Take a look at the exhibitors list for the Design Automation Conference to see a lot of them. Some are PCB companies, but the vast majority are IC.
http://www2.dac.com/data2/45th/45exhibitorArea.nsf/%28exhibitshtml%29/$first?OpenDocument
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From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Sally Price
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 16:27
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Would this not be considered a monopoly on high end tools? Would it not have to be approved by the federal government? Just wondering.
Sally Price
Sally Price
Senior PCB Designer
NVISION, Inc.
125 Crown Point Ct.
Grass Valley, CA 95945
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From: DesignerCouncil [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mario Irigoyen
Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 4:20 PM
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Compare Altium to Cadence? Seriously, Altium did buy PCAD and kept it alive for several years all the while updating it. But then they did something unusual, they GAVE PCAD users (on maintenace) Altium Designer for FREE. Do you really think Cadence is giving Orcad users Allegro for free? No way.
Mario Irigoyen
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From: "James Jackson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: 6/19/2008 5:26 PM
Subject: Re: [DC] Cadence / Mentor News?
Very good posting!
If you substitute the word 'Altium' for Cadence, and 'P-CAD 200x' for OrCAD,
my experience is very similar.
And you are right. After I read the article, I immediately thought it
sounded like a 'hostile takeover' like what occurred between Daisy and
Cadnetix many years ago (if I recall correctly).
Regards,
James
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From: Barbara Burcham
Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:33 PM
To: [log in to unmask]; 'Kathy Nargi-Toth'; 'TechNet E-Mail Forum'
Subject: RE: [DC] Cadence / Mentor News
What a great time to ask me what I think!
I am just back from Allegro training in Milpitas, CA.
FYI, I am copying the TechNet Forum into this discussion. I would like to
heard
what they have to say, as well.
My experiences with Cadence are not what I would have chosen.
1. I was running OrCAD when Cadence bought them out.
a. Users were promised no changes to our tools or service.
b. OrCAD had a great technical support department that actually
answered phone calls immediately so that I could keep on working.
i. Gone the first year. The support was formed out to a
company
out of Rochester, NY and was no longer accessible. Most of the guys from
OrCAD in Oregon went to work for EMA-EDA in NY. While the tech
support
folks are great, they are now over-worked and cannot get to everyone in
a timely manner. And, you have to be sitting at your desk,
waiting
for their return call, or they leave you a message, you call them back
and leave them a message to call you and then wait by the phone
again. Lunch? Forget it. Break? Forget it. End of the day in your time
zone? Forget it. Need to finish something up? Forget
it.
c. Cadence immediately tried to kill OrCAD. Only user uproar has
saved
it as long as this year. Now, Cadence is no longer selling or
supporting OrCAD layout tools. We are moving to Allegro just to be
able
to keep the upgrades coming. Kind of a change by force.
d. the installation and licensing of all Cadence products has been
an
absolute nightmare for us. I no longer even think about doing it myself
and always call on our IT dept. to get the job done. It is, typically,
an
all-day even with lots of time online with technical support. I am
always angry by the time upgrades are installed and ready to use.
I call that false information given with a smile and a pat on the head....I
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