IP and Design Data Management Survey

Your valuable insight will be used to help EDA buyers specify requirements for selecting a solution for IP and design data management. The survey will take about 5 minutes to complete.

To thank you for your time, upon completion, you can enter to win one of 100 $25.00 Amazon.com Gift Cards!

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* 1. Which IP, Design Data, or Source Code control tools do you use?

Helix/Perforce

Git

IC Manage

Keysight/Cliosoft (HUB or SOS)

Developed in-house

Other (please specify)

None of the above

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* 2. Which EDA tools provider do you currently use?

Cadence

Synopsys

Keysight

Siemens

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How do you optimize storage for large design files? (Choose one)

Regularly compress, archive, or delete old or unused files.

Use cloud-based services or platforms that offer unlimited storage space.

Split large design files into smaller self-contained designs and distribute them across different servers or devices.

Duplicate files across sites and manually merge changes.

Nothing, I don’t have issues with large files.

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* 4. What are the main challenges or pain points of using your current IP and design data management tool for electronics design? (Select all that apply)

Slow performance due to large file sizes

Difficulty in tracking changes, versions, and dependencies

Lack of integration with design tools and workflows

Poor documentation for knowledge transfer to others alongside the data itself

Nothing, I don’t have issues with my current tool

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* 5. How often do you encounter issues with version control or tracking of your design files (examples: overwriting good versions, not using the latest version, breaking other designs you did not know were referencing your IP)?

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Always

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* 6. What percentage of your project time do you spend tracking IP, dependencies, and/or 3rd party licenses? (project time refers to the total duration required to complete a design project, from initial concept to final product. This includes phases like specification, design, verification, and compliance)

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* 7. How easily can you access and understand the design knowledge and decisions made for IP components created by other teams or business units?

Very easy

Easy

Moderate

Difficult

Very difficult

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* 8. How often do you document your IP components using comments, design rationale, diagrams, or videos?

Always

Often

Sometimes

Rarely

Never

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* 9. How often do you encounter difficulties in accessing or retrieving design files from previous projects?

Never

Rarely

Sometimes

Often

Always

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* 10. In a typical design project, how much of your design IP is re-used from peers across your team, or other business units, or 3rd party?

Up to 30%

35-50%

55-70%

More than 70%

None, all IP is developed by me

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* 11. In the next 3 years, which of the following technologies will likely impact your design workflow complexity?

Chiplets

Photonics

Quantum

Other (please specify)

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* 12. Submit your name and email to enter to win one of 100 $25 Amazon.com Gift Cards.

Name

Email Address