1 Bolivian Boliviano = 0.2049 Brunei Dollar

1 Bolivian Boliviano = 0.5327 United Arab Emirates Dirham

1 Japanese Yen = 0.0273 Tunisian Dinar

1 Japanese Yen = 0.2082 Slovak Koruna

1 Japanese Yen = 14.1809 Lebanese Pound

1 Japanese Yen = 3.0292 Hungarian Forint

1 Japanese Yen = 0.065 Croatian Kuna

1 Japanese Yen = 0.0076 British Pound Sterling

1 Japanese Yen = 0.1459 Egyptian Pound

1 Japanese Yen = 0.2356 Czech Republic Koruna

1 Japanese Yen = 0.0132 Brunei Dollar

1 Japanese Yen = 0.0344 United Arab Emirates Dirham

The buzz about showing and paying for value in EDA has been building over the past few years. People have complained about the high cost of tools and EDA vendors have complained about not getting enough value from the technology that can then be re-invested in the next generation tools. The same complaints can be heard from the foundries regarding their wafer pricing

Companies have tried royalty-based models before in the past (e.g., $/wafer or even profit sharing). But it hasn't been sticky. Is the industry ready for a new model?  I think sharing in the upside and potential downside of a particular design from inception to volume is fair. But it also would mean that EDA companies and foundries would have to participate even earlier (and later) in the product lifecycle - from design spec/marketing through product introduction.

That's a pretty big change that goes beyond just the business model. But maybe at 32nm and below, where designs cost upwards of $75M to bring to market, this type of collaboration and risk/reward model is required and desired

I've been blogging a lot about Assura recently, so I thought I would continue by talking about rule decks. 

Inside Cadence, we maintain a database that shows which foundries support which process for which products.  This means that we can quickly give you an answer if you are considering using a new process or foundry, and you want to know whether Assura is supported.  Your friendly local Cadence physical verification AE has access to this information and should be able to answer your questions about rule deck support. 

Our Assura R&D team is constantly working with the foundries to help update existing rule decks and create new ones.  But with all due respect to our foundry partners, their field support teams are not always aware of the latest efforts on rule deck creation and support. 

Of course, it's important to check the status of Assura support with your foundry.  This has the added benefit to Cadence that it lets them know that you're using Assura.  But please also double-check with your Cadence AE, who can ping me to make sure that you're getting the latest information. 

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