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Most electronic design automation software and integrated circuit
designs have historically been produced by individuals located in
the United States. However, in recent years, many of these jobs
have been shifted to overseas workers in India, China and
Malaysia. This change in venue has been fueled in part by a
scarcity of talent in the U.S. and the apparent cost savings in
salaries. Initially, the cost difference between India and the
United States appears to be a factor of ten, but once management
and coordination costs are added, the savings may be only a
factor of two.
Synopsys has about 300 offshore engineers, compared with more
than 1,000 in the U.S. The company's largest offshore centers are
in India and China, and Synopsys also has R&D operations in
Dublin, Ireland; Aachen and Munich, Germany; and Grenoble,
France. Synopsys set up an R&D center in Bangalore, India, in
1995, and then acquired a center in Hyderabad after the Avanti
acquisition. Synopsys also has R&D centers in Taiwan, and in the
mainland cities of Beijing and Shanghai.
Cadence's largest offshore center is in Noida, India, where 300
engineers work on logic verification, synthesis, physical design,
analog design and other products. Cadence's other research and
development facilities are in France, Scotland, Ireland, Russia,
Taiwan, China and Canada. About one-quarter of Cadence's 1,500
engineers work offshore.
Out of a total of 1,224 engineers, Mentor Graphics employs 696 in
the United States, 221 in India, 220 in Europe and 87 in Egypt.
The European sites are primarily legacies from acquisitions, as
is the Egyptian site, which was originally an analog modeling
center for Anacad, a French company acquired by Mentor.
For additional information, access: EE Design (March 26, 2004 issue)
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