Ann Wu is CEO of EDA startup Silimate, developer of a co-pilot (chat-based GenAI) for chip and IP designers to find and fix functional and power, performance and area (PPA) issues in their designs. Rick Carlson is Vice President of Sales at ESD Alliance member company Verific Design Automation, provider of front-end EDA platforms to a range of small and emerging EDA companies like Silimate and larger EDA vendors.
I recently talked with Ann and Rick who represent EDA’s new and old guard. I found them to be bullish about the emerging EDA space called AI EDA that uses GenAI and large language models as the foundational tools and the swelling numbers of well-funded startups entering this space.
