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The EDA360 vision paper was published by Cadence one year ago this week. Since that time, EDA360 has been widely discussed throughout the industry - by partners and competitors alike - whether or not they actually use the term "EDA360" or just talk about the ideas behind it. Over the past year Cadence has made a number of technology announcements that deliver on the EDA360 vision, and has seen customer adoption, as chronicled in a recent EDA360 Insider blog post by Steve Leibson.

But what, exactly, is EDA360? In brief, it is an expanded vision of EDA that goes far beyond silicon to encompass systems-on-chip (SoCs) and hardware/software systems -- while greatly improving the way silicon is designed. As I wrote earlier this week, it also extends to IC packages and boards. One year ago, with the introduction of EDA360, I wrote a blog post entitled "Ten Key Ideas Behind EDA360." Here is an updated listing that will give you a quick summary of the key ideas behind EDA360.

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