They are also working on the rise of homegrown EDA

Before talking about the development process of domestic EDA, we should first understand the history of EDA industry. In the 1980s, the rapid development of the chip pushed the commercial computer into the high speed, and thus promoted the rise of the CAD industry. EDA is a typical representative.

In the early stage of the IC industry, chip design was achieved by manual wiring. But with the increase of chip integration, the shortage of manual wiring became more and more difficult, which coincided with the rise of the computer, and EDA came into being, which led to the birth of Calma, ComputerVision, Applicon, Mentor Graphics, Daisy and Valid companies. With the help of this electronic automatic tool, they can operate the front and back end technology of the chip design and the verification technology on the computer to help the chip best wiring, verification and simulation.

After years of mergers and acquisitions, only Cadence, Synopsys and Mentor remain in the field of integrated circuit EDA. The influence of markets is also increasingly concentrated. But in fact, since the middle and late 1980s, China has been invested in the research and development of EDA industry.

Data shows that at that time, domestic high-tech fields including integrated circuits were trapped in the "Batumi" embargo, the development was hampered. In order to develop the integrated circuit industry, China mobilized 17 units and more than 200 gathered in the former integrated circuit Design Center in 1986 to develop China's free integrated circuit computer design system -- Panda system.

After many years of difficulties, the first EDA panda system was finally launched in 1993, and the subsequent development can be described as a step by step in 10 years. In 2001, the domestic IC design unit launched the Zeni system of Jiutian, which attacked the overseas market while serving the local demand. In 2009, * set up a new company, Huada Jiutian, to promote the development of domestic EDA. This will be later.

Although due to subjective and objective reasons, the domestic EDA industry did not succeed in the secular sense, but in this process, there have been a number of EDA manufacturers sprout in China. According to the relevant data, in 2008, the domestic EDA research companies also have China Electronics, Huatian Zhonghui, core vision, Exeli, Shengjing micro, technology industry thinking, Guangli micro and the United States and other several. After another ten years of development, Huada Jiutian, Xinhe Technology, Guangliwei, Bodawei and other enterprises broke out from the domestic EDA formation:

Bearing the technology of Panda system, Huada Jiutian has accumulated many years in EDA and IP. Now they can provide digital-analog hybrid/fully customized IC design, FPD whole process design and SoC digital back-end optimization direction of EDA solutions. Especially in the field of FPD, Huada Jiutian * has become the best supplier of FPD design solutions for the whole process, and has gained the market share of most panel factories.

And established in 2010 core He technology is another strength of domestic EDA.

According to the company,. They provide semiconductor chip designers and system manufacturers with differentiated software products and chip miniaturization solutions, including high-speed digital design, IC packaging design, and RF analog mixed-signal design. These products and solutions can be applied to mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets and wearables, as well as high-speed data communication devices.

Guangli Microelectronics Co., Ltd. was co-founded by scientists from the Silicon Valley and Zhejiang University in 2003, the company engaged in integrated circuit yield improvement services and EDA software development. At present, Guangli Micro can provide software and hardware system products and overall solutions based on test chips to help realize automatic design of test chips, high-speed electrical testing and intelligent data analysis. At the same time, it can also provide integrated technical services for new process research and development of wafer founderships, helping to improve the manufacturability, performance, yield and time to market of IC designs.

Known for SPICE Model parameter extraction, Boda Micro is committed to providing high speed, high frequency and high performance integrated circuit EDA solutions and related design support services. The company says its offerings include device modeling, PDK, standard cell library related EDA tools and design services, and semiconductor device measurement systems. We can provide one-stop design support services and complete design evaluation and reinforcement technical service solutions for design companies and OEM.

In addition, companies such as Weilun Electronics, which focuses on SPICE, Ke Jingda, which is engaged in TCAD, and Chuanglian Zhisoft, which is good at simulation research and development, are some of the forces in the domestic EDA field. They are also working on the rise of homegrown EDA.