Designing the Future
Ron Wilson, ISD editorial director, spotlights changes in the way IC design is done - including tools, algorithms and flows.

EDA Views
EDA vendor representatives tackle controversial and timely issues in these contributed columns.

Industry Gadfly
John Cooley, who runs the e-mail Synopsys users group (ESNUG), fills the bill as an industry gadfly, and comments on ESNUG's many concerns, and then some.

Max Bytes
Noted author and commentator Clive "Max" Maxfield presents an entertaining view of the cutting edge of IC, PCB and system-level EDA tools and methodologies.

Tool Talk
Design tools are cumbersome, hard to use, and lack real support - that's a standard mantra of Richard Goering, EDA industry editor, who constantly calls for and welcomes input from tool users.

Core Competency
Michael Santarini tracks the latest wins of silicon intellectual property and follows the standardization efforts that look to make IP easier to integrate into designs.

PCB Perspectives
PCB design expert Lee Ritchey tells you how to come up with a good board design -- and how to avoid a bad one.