http://www.chipdesignmag.com/blyler Just another engineering physicist turned editor Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:02:11 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The problem with hostile take-over attempts is that they expose the aggressor to (perhaps) unwanted attention. I’ll explain the “perhaps” emphasis shortly. But first, consider this scenario which was shared with me by a friend on the financial side of this misadventure. Cadence is trying to forcibly acquire Mentor. Others are ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/blyler/2008/07/01/watch-out-cadence-the-hunter-may-become-the-hunted/ In the last few days, I’ve run across several stories – one in the local paper and others in blogs – that seem to suggest that Mentor deserves no sympathy in its attempt to fend off the hostile takeover by Cadence since Mentor is itself in a hostile takeover bid ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/blyler/2008/06/26/making-mentor-out-as-the-bad-guy/ Testing out the use of my new Flip camcorder. Small, light, very easy to use. In this clip - taken mid-way through the conference - I'm getting grief from Jenna Johnson, my marketing manager. Jenna was running the Flip while I talked to her and Karen Popp, our sales director. . ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/blyler/2008/06/19/my-videolog-from-dac08/ Several Portland-based news and business publishers are following the Cadence proposed buyout of Mentor: > Oregon's Homegrown Technologies Lose Edge: Wilsonville-based Mentor Graphics Corp may become the next corporate headquarters to leave Covered by long time Oregonian tech reporter Mike Rogoway, who also runs a great blog called "Silicon Forest" > Portland Business ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/blyler/2008/06/18/cadence-mentor-battle-spurs-local-interest/ We can all share a collective sigh of relieve that Mentor has rejected the take-over bid from Cadence. In their response, Mentor's CEO - Walden Rhines - cited reasons of undervaluation and risk of not gaining regulatory approval for rejecting the offer. The web has been unusually busy this morning with ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/blyler/2008/06/17/eda-community-alive-with-opposition-to-cadence-take-over-of-mentor/ Bet you think I'm going to complain about being left out? Hardly.... Cadence held a company-wide meeting last Friday (6/13) to inform its employees about Cadence's latest attempt to acquire Mentor (offer at $16/share). Interestingly, none of the chief editors in the few remaining EDA publications received notification prior to today's ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/blyler/2008/06/17/why-didnt-cadence-hold-a-press-briefing-on-acquisition/ Don't have time to post my blog on the Bird-of-Feather event at DAC until later. But it really was the meeting of several different types of bloggers. Here are my comments from JL's observations of the bloggers meeting: First, I'd like to thank JL and the rest for organizing this event. ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/blyler/2008/06/13/blogging-event-spurs-comments/ What follows over the next few days will be my quick blogs from DAC. You'll probably find lots of typos and grammatical errors, but the content will be timely. -- JB Mentor's press briefing (Mon, 6/9, 10AM) – JoeS talked about the integration of P&R – DFM/DFY – DFT in ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/blyler/2008/06/09/three-pillars-of-ic-implementation/ It’s always a pleasant surprise to find another pocket of EDA bloggers, such as Sean Murphy's site. Unfortunately, Sean appears to belong to the old "Richard Goering is EDA" crowd. Some of you may remember Mike Santarini's infamous blog titled, "I'm No One Trick Pony," in which Mike suggested that ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/blyler/2008/05/29/informal-blogging-event-at-dac-gains-interest/ Anyone else on Twitter? Though the idea of a mini-blogging app like Twitter may seem absurd, I have found it useful. For example, I learned about a recent bloggers meeting at DAC through Twitter: Bird of Feather (BoF) for bloggers, Wed June 11th at round 6PM, in the neighborhood of ... http://www.chipdesignmag.com/blyler/2008/05/25/bof-for-bloggers-at-dac/