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Andy Haines

Andy Haines is the Vice President of Marketing for Synplicity Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif.

EDA Alert: December 6, 2005

By David Maliniak, December 06, 2005

Viewpoint -- For FPGAs, Traditional Synthesis Falls Short, by Andy Haines, VP of Marketing, Synplicity Inc., Sunnyvale, Calif. FPGA technology has undergone quite a metamorphosis since it emerged on the scene in the 1980s, and the design technology that s
For FPGAs, Traditional Physical Synthesis Falls Short

By Andy Haines, December 05, 2005

FPGA silicon technology has undergone quite a metamorphosis since emerging on the scene in the 1980s, and its supporting design technology has necessarily evolved as well. Not entirely surprisingly, though, the design community that's eager to embrace adv