Synopsys Demographics

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( SNUG 04 Item 1 ) ----------------------------------------------- [08/11/04]

Subject: The Synopsys/Avanti Customer Demographics

A MINI-CENSUS:  This data comes from the customer SNUG'04 survey itself.  A
total of 360 out of the 788 SNUG'04 attendees responded.

Here's the stats on the types of designs these engineers are creating:

          Standard Cell / SoC  ##################################### 75%
                  Full Custom  ####### 14%
              Structured ASIC  ##### 11%
                   Gate Array  # 2%
                    FPGA/CPLD  ### 6%
                 Mixed Signal  . 1%
                           uP  . 1%
 
The speed, size, and process of the chips they're designing:

                  1 - 100 Mhz  #### 9%
                101 - 150 Mhz  # 3%
                151 - 200 Mhz  ####### 15%
                201 - 400 Mhz  #################### 40%
                401 - 600 Mhz  ####### 15%
                601 - 800 Mhz  ## 5%
               801 - 1000 Mhz  ## 5%
                       1+ Ghz  #### 8%

               1 - 100 Kgates  ### 6%
             101 - 300 Kgates  #### 9%
             301 - 500 Kgates  ##### 10%
            501 - 1000 Kgates  ####### 14%
           1001 - 1500 Kgates  # 3%
           1501 - 2000 Kgates  ###### 12%
           2001 - 2500 Kgates  . 1%
           2501 - 3000 Kgates  ## 4%
           3001 - 3500 Kgates  0%
           3501 - 4000 Kgates  ## 4%
           4001 - 5000 Kgates  #### 9%
              5000+    Kgates  ############# 26%

                      250+ nm  # 3%
                       250 nm  ## 4%
                       180 nm  ####### 15%
                       150 nm  ### 6%
                       130 nm  ########################## 52%
                        90 nm  ########## 21%
                        65 nm  # 3%


The production quantity of their current design:

                under 10,000 units  ######## 17%
             10,000 - 20,000 units  ### 7%
             20,001 - 50,000 units  ##### 11%
            50,001 - 100,000 units  ### 7%
           100,001 - 500,000 units  ##### 11%
         500,001 - 1,000,000 units  ###### 12%
       1,000,001 - 5,000,000 units  ######## 16%
              over 5,000,000 units  ######### 19%


Their backend flow:

      Hand-off backend To ASIC fab  ################### 38%

             We use Avanti backend  ###################### 44%
            We use Cadence backend  ############# 26%
              We use Magma backend  ### 7%
           We use Monterey backend  . 1%
      We use ASIC vendor's backend  #### 8%
            We use our own backend  . 1%


And "Does your design group work at different sites or times zones?"

   Yes, different sites/time zones  ################################# 66%

                 No, same location  ################ 34%