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Focus Conference : the Productivity Focus Conference The Productivity Age: Design Alternatives Become Solutions Sponsored by the CAD/CAM Industry Service December 9 and 10, 19S5 Hyatt Palo Alto Palo Alto, California 1290 Ridder Park Drive San Jose, California 95131-2398 (408) 971-9000 Telex: 171973 Fax: (408) 971-9003 Sales/Service offices: UNITED KINGDOM GERMANY DATAQUEST UK Limited DATAQUEST GmbH 144/146 New Bond Street Rosenkavalierplatz 17 London WIY 9FD D-8000 Munich 81 United Kingdom West Germany (01) 409-1427 (089) 91-1064 Telex: 266195 Telex: 5218070 Fax: (01) 491-2790 Fax: (089) 91-2189 FRANCE JAPAN DATAQUEST SARL DATAQUEST Japan, Ltd. 41, rue Ybry Azabu Heights, Suite 711 92522 Neuilly-sur-Seine Cedex 1-5-10, Roppongi, Minato-ku France Tokyo 106, Japan (01) 758-1240 (03) 582-1441 Tfelex: 630842 Tfelex: J32768 Fax: (03) 582-7323 The content of this report represents our interpretation and analysis of infor­ mation generally available to the public or released by responsible individuals in the subject companies, but is not guaranteed as to accuracy or completeness. It does not contain material provided to us in confidence by our clients. This information is not furnished in connection with a sale or offer to sell securities, or in connection with the solicitation of an offer to buy securities. This firm and its parent and/or their officers, stockholders, or members of their families may, from time to time, have a long or short position in the securities mentioned and may sell or buy such securities. Printed in the United States of America. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval systems, or transmitted, in any form or by any means—mechanical, electronic, photocopying, duplicating, microfilming, videotape, or otherwise—without the prior written permission of the publisher. © 1985 Dataquest Incorporated DataQuest nn a company of The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation 1985 CAD/CAM INDUSTRY FOCUS CONFERENCE December 9 and 10, 1985 The H^rtt Palo Alto Palo Alto, California MONDAY, December 9 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. Registration Redwood foyer 8:30 a.m. Welcome and Conference Introduction Redwood I Jim Newcomb Vice President and Group Director Industrial Automation Group Dataquest Incorpwated " 8:45 a.m. Measuring the intangibles Redwood I Be^ Tucker Senior Industry Analyst CAD/CAM Industry Service Dataquest Incorporated 9:30 a.m. Automatic 10 Generation Redwood I Tony SpadarelIa Research AnaIyst CAD/CAM Industry Service Dat»:iu^t Incorporated 10:15 a.m. Coffee Breaic Redwood Foyer 10:45 a.m. Design Center Survey Redwood I Kelly Leininger Research Assistant CAD/CAM Industry Service Datequest Incorporated 11:30 a.m. Japmese Technoiogy-^The Future VV!ave Redwood I Sheridan Tatsuno Industry Analyst Japanese Semiconductor Industry Service Dataquest incorporated 12:15 p.m. Liineh Redwood II 1:30 p.m. PCs—How Much Can They Really Do? Redwood I Terry Zimmerman Vice President, Mariceting FutureNet Corporation 2:15 p.m. Software: The Real 10 Designer Redwood I Peter Whyte Vice President, Strategic Planning E.CAD, Inc. 3:00 p.m. Coffee Bnak Redwood Foyer 3:15 p.m. Rtting in Application Accelerators Redwood I John Newkirk Chief Executive Officer Silicon Solutions Corporation 4:00 p.m. Linking Design and Test Redwood I Jeff Hotchkiss General Manager Teradyne, Inc. 4:45 p.m. The Golden Egg—Are V\te Still Chasing It? Redwood I Steven Colt Partner Merrill, Pickard, Anderson, & Eyre 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Hosted Refreshments .,,. Redwood II (over) 1290 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95131-2398, (408) 971-9000 Telex 171973 TUESDAY, December 10 8:30 a.m. The PC8 Connection Redwood I Buck Feltman Vice President Cadnetix Corporation 9:15 a.m. Deveioping an Open Network for 10 Design Redwood I Bruce Bourbon General Manager Gould/AMI 10:00 a.m. Coffee Break Redwood Foyer 10:30 a.m. User Interfaces Impact Productivity Redwood I Dave Bailey President Cericor, Inc. 11:15 a.m. Where are MPUs Going? Redwood I Mel Thomsen Associate Director Semiconductor Industry Service Dataquest Incorporated 12:00 Noon Lunch Redwood II 1:30 p.m. Unified Design—is It fbr Real? Redwood I Jim Solomon President SOA Systems 2:15 p.m. ASIC, USIC, or CSiC? Redwood I Doug Fairbairn Vice President VLSI Technotogy, Inc. 3:00 p.m. Cofftoe Break Redwood Foyer 3:15 p.m. The Impact of Silicon Compilers on Productivity Redwood I Gordon Kuenster President Seattle Silicon Technology 4:00 p.m. The Gloliai Productivity Imperative Redwood I Aryeh Finegokj President Daisy Systems Incorporated 4:45 p.m. Confwence Wrap-up Redwood I Beth Tucker Senior Industry Analyst CAD/CAM Industry Service Dataquest Incorporated DataQuest nn a company of 11 Ji TheDun&BradstieetCorporatu CAD/CAM INDUSTRY FOCUS CONFERENCE EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE Palo Alto, Califomla Decmnber 9-10, 1985 Thank you for attending our CADA^M Industty Focus Conference. Would you please assist us in planning our next conference t>y comfrieting and returning this questtonnaire? 1. Please rate each presentation on a scale of 1 to 10 (where 10 is highest in terms of your approval): CONTENT DEUVEBY COMMENTS (1 to 10) (1 to 10) (Use reverse side if necessary) IbekBT, Measuring the Intangibles SpadaraHa, Automatk; IC Generation Lttoiinger, £7es^ Center Survey Ibtsuno, Japanese Terdmology: The Future Zimmerman, PCs: How Much Can They Really Do? Wliyte, Soft^re: The Real IC Designer Newkirk, Fitting in Application Accelerators HotctHdss, L//*tf^ Des^ and Test /•? /O 'TiJiAi^MUcaS r ^/-IX^-T^ 2>fi.i^fi^ Coit, The GrMen Egg Fettman, The PCB Connection Bourbon, Developing Open Network tor IC Design Bailey, User Interfxes Impact Productivity Thomsen, Where are MRUs Gang? Sotomon, Unified Design—Is it tor Real? rartmlm, ASIC. USIC, or CSIC? Kuanstw, Silicon Compilers/Productivity FlnegoM, Global Productiwty Intperative 2. Overall meeting rating (1 to 10): 3. How would you rate the conference fecilities (1 to 10)? Locatron Guest Rooms Meals Meeting Rooms_ 4. Topics that would be of interest to you for future CAD/CAM Industry Focus Conferences: (over) 1290 Bidder Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95131-2398, (408) 971-9000 Telex 171973 5. Comments: 6. ybUT primary interest in the CAD/CAM Industry Focus Conference is as a: System Manager Product Planner Engineer Rnancied Analyst Other specify) Name and Company (optional) DataQuest nn a^ompanyof The Dun& Brad$treet Corporation CAD/CAM INDUSTRY SERVICE FOCUS CONFERENCE December 9 through 10, 1985 Palo Alto, California List of Attendees AWl Surface Mount Technology Ed Bingle, Design Supervisor Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. J. Phillip Dotming, Vice President Corporate Technology Alpha Partners Brian Grossi, General Partner Apollo Computer, Inc. Raymond McCann, Market Manager, ECAD Applied Micro Circuits Corporation Bernie Rosenthal, CAD Marketing Manager Array Technology Bill O'Neil, Vice President, Engineering Arthur Young & Company Angelo Danna, Partner Mark Nexsen, Principal Bank of America Don Cvietusa, Vice President Alan Jepsen, Corporate Banking Off icer Sally Otton, Assistant Vice President 1290 Bidder Park Drive, San Jose, CA 95131-2398, (408) 971-9000 Telex 171973 Bank of Boston WiIIiam Parker, Banking Officer Bitstream, Inc. Ann Roe-Hafer, Director, Marketing Burr, Egan, Deleage & Company Thomas Winter, Partner CADAM, Inc. Rhonda Lindsey, CAD/CAM Market Industry Analyst CAD/CAM Specialists, Inc. Daniel DeWitt, Psychologist Organizational Development Daniel Garms, Executive Vice President Michael McDonald, President Cadcor Company David Jewell, Vice President Operations Cadnetix Corporation Buck Feltman, Vice President, Marketing California Devices. Inc James Tobias. Vice President Design Technology Cambridge Electronic Industries David Cutts, Strategic Plaimer Cericor, Inc, David Bailey, President & Chief Executive Officer Cirrus Logic, Inc Suhas Patil, Vice President Research & Development Dataquest Incorporated, A Subsidiary of A.C. Nielsen Company / 1290 Bidder Park Drive / San Jose, CA 95131 / (408) 971-9000 / Telex 171973 Citicorp Industrial Credit Mano Appapillai, Vice President Daisy Systems Corporation Aryeh Finegold, President Data General Corporation Boli Medappa, Competitive Consultant Uday Watwe, Product Manager Dataquest Incorporated Irene Barth, Conference Assistant Greg Chagaris, Industrial Marketing Manager Ralph Dickroan, Industrial Marketing Manager Kathy Hurley, Research Analyst John Jackson, National Sales Manager Debra Jacob, Conference Assistant Kelly Leininger, Research Assistant Eileen Barth—Lynch, Research Analyst James Newcorab, Vice President & Group Director, CAD/CAM Industry Service Jewel Peyton, Director, Corporate Comnunications Don Roberts, Manager, Training <Sc Development Tony Spadarella, Research Analyst Lynn Stern, Conference Coordinator Sheridan Tatsimo, Industry Analyst Japanese Semiconductor Industry Service Mel Thomsen, Associate Director, Semiconductor Industry Service Beth Tucker, Senior Industry Analyst Paul van Dillen, Industrial Marketing Manager Dataquest Incorporated, A Subsidiary of A.C. Nielsen Company / 1290 Ridder Park Drive / San Jose, CA 95131 / (408) 971-9000 / Telex 171973 Digital Equipment Corporation Fanjeev Aggarwal, CAD Strategic Marketing Specialist E-CAD, Inc Bill Goerke, Senior Vice President, Marketing & Sales Robert Lorentzen, Product Manager Peter Whyte, Vice President, strategic Planning Edge Computer Corporation Douglas Crawford, Western Regional Manager Engineering Systems Products William Fabel, Program Manager Exar Corporation Yukio Nishikawa, Director, Engineering Ferranti Interdesign Inc. John Doyle, CAD Manager
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