8 JUNE 2025IS DESIGN REUSE A MYTH FOR ANALOG CIRCUITS?By Eric Young, Senior Analog IC Design Manager, Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.I have been invited to comment on electronic design automation (EDA). Although I have not contributed much innovation to this subject, I can say a few words as someone who has benefited from it during my long career as an analog designer. With just over 25 years of experience designing DC/DC power converters as well as custom and standard analog IC products, I have seen some revolutionary changes in the EDA toolset over the years. I have worked for various companies and am currently with Monolithic Power Systems (MPS), so I have certainly seen diverse approaches to design methods. From my perspective, the impetus behind the continued EDA development is its ever-improving design execution speed, in addition to achieving a high confidence of success in the resulting silicon. Despite these improvements -- including those in simulation engines, data visualization, and post-layout extraction of parasitic elements -- it seems there is always Eric YoungIN MYPINION
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