Presentation
Why Is EDA Playing Catchup to Disruptive Technologies Like AI? What Can We Do to Change This?
DescriptionThe panel will candidly discuss if and why EDA misses disruptive innovation and chooses incremental advancements.
The EDA industry claims to have the maximum number of PhDs. Still, the last disruptive innovation from EDA was Logic Synthesis, P&R, Logic Simulation, and Formal Methods, invented decades ago.
This panel will attempt to answer the elements required to create bold disruptions. Does the EDA industry need a collective goal, like in other sectors? Does the EDA business duopoly hinder startup innovation?
The discussion will cover the following topics:
1. Current State of EDA and AI
The panel will be discussing the current state of AI . They will cover topics such as LLMs, RAG, and RL, and the next steps for these technologies.
2. Efficiency versus Discovery and Innovation
The panel will discuss the tension between efficiency, discovery, and innovation in the EDA and Semi industry. They will discuss how to balance these competing goals and how to create an environment that encourages both.
3. Closed-Form Solution Mindset
The panel will discuss the challenge of getting beyond the "closed-form solution" mindset. They will explore how this mindset can limit the potential of the EDA industry and how to break free from it.
4. Impact of AI on Workforce
Will AI change the nature of work in the EDA and Semiconductor industries? If so, how can we prepare the workforce for these changes?
5. Fostering Disruptive Innovation
Finally, the panel will discuss how to foster disruptive innovation in the EDA and Semi industry. They will explore the necessary factors for disruptive innovation to occur and how to create an environment that encourages it.
The EDA industry claims to have the maximum number of PhDs. Still, the last disruptive innovation from EDA was Logic Synthesis, P&R, Logic Simulation, and Formal Methods, invented decades ago.
This panel will attempt to answer the elements required to create bold disruptions. Does the EDA industry need a collective goal, like in other sectors? Does the EDA business duopoly hinder startup innovation?
The discussion will cover the following topics:
1. Current State of EDA and AI
The panel will be discussing the current state of AI . They will cover topics such as LLMs, RAG, and RL, and the next steps for these technologies.
2. Efficiency versus Discovery and Innovation
The panel will discuss the tension between efficiency, discovery, and innovation in the EDA and Semi industry. They will discuss how to balance these competing goals and how to create an environment that encourages both.
3. Closed-Form Solution Mindset
The panel will discuss the challenge of getting beyond the "closed-form solution" mindset. They will explore how this mindset can limit the potential of the EDA industry and how to break free from it.
4. Impact of AI on Workforce
Will AI change the nature of work in the EDA and Semiconductor industries? If so, how can we prepare the workforce for these changes?
5. Fostering Disruptive Innovation
Finally, the panel will discuss how to foster disruptive innovation in the EDA and Semi industry. They will explore the necessary factors for disruptive innovation to occur and how to create an environment that encourages it.
Organizer
Moderator
Event Type
Research Panel
TimeWednesday, June 2610:30am - 12:00pm PDT
Location3014, 3rd Floor
AI
EDA