The recently released EDA Consortium Market Statistics Service (MSS) report for calendar Q3 2011 shows overall EDA industry annual growth of 18.1%, compared to Q3, 2010. The report also shows sequential growth of 7.4% compared to Q2, 2011. EDA industry revenue for Q3 was $1,544 million.

“Growth in the EDA market was exceptionally robust across the board,” said Walden C. Rhines, EDAC chair and chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics. “Revenue grew in every major product category and in every region.”

Semiconductor companies are continuing to invest in R&D for new products. This results in increased spending on new tools to address the challenges presented by advanced process nodes. This is also reflected in the increased employment reported by EDA companies in Q3, as the EDA industry develops new products with new capabilities to address these challenges.

Each quarter, the EDAC Market Statistics Service collects revenue data from public and private EDA companies, and compiles the data into the MSS report. This report contains industry revenue broken out into major categories including CAE, IC Physical Design & Verification, Printed Circuit Board & Multi-Chip Modules, Semiconductor IP, and Services. Geographic regions include The Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Japan, and Asia/Pacific. The categories are further refined into detailed sub categories in the report, available to EDAC members.

Additional revenue details are available in the MSS Newsletter at http://edac.org/mss/newsletter.jsp.

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Paul Cohen, EDA Consortium
paul@edac.org