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After a hard year and a half for the EDA industry and the economy in general, what's on tap for 2010 and beyond? The EDA Consortium's annual "CEO Forecast and Industry Vision" panel Feb. 18 had what I would call a "cautiously upbeat" mood, with CEOs making some interesting comments about ongoing challenges, new opportunities, and major changes for the EDA industry and its customers.

Lip-Bu Tan, president and CEO of Cadence, joined the annual discussion for the first time. Other panelists included Aart de Geus, chairman and CEO of Synopsys; Wally Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics; and John Kibarian, president and CEO of PDF Solutions. Following are some takeaways from the discussion.

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