China's EDA tool restrictions – winners and losers · TechNode

China's EDA tool restrictions – winners and losers · TechNode

Back in 2019, I wrote a two–part article on China’s electronic design automation (EDA) industry. I argued that despite some promising domestic companies, China would not be independent of the dominant US- and Europe-produced tools anytime soon. It is now six years later, and this is still the case. Back then over 90% of EDA tool sales in China came from Synopsys, Cadence, and Siemens (the big three). Over the past five to six years this has redu…