“We already had various emulators in use at the Company global bases, but we wanted to integrate them into one in Japan. We compared and evaluated it in the information system department,” says Mr. Watanabe, senior manager of the Japan Cadence System Department.

Watanabe emphasized the graphics performance and response time the most. As integrated circuits continue to shrink, drawing performance that accurately expresses even the smallest details of complex circuit designs is essential, and it is also an important condition that design data, which is increasing in volume, can be manipulated without stress even from remote locations. .

Although there were opinions pushing for the adoption of freeware due to cost advantages, the uncertainty of update information and the lack of support in the event of problems became problems. In addition, when most products use OpenGL, mouse operation and drawing speed are slow, and detailed wiring diagrams cannot be displayed, which is a fatal flaw as an EDA.

"Everything has advantages and disadvantages, and when I was about to give up because there was no emulator that could handle high-quality data, I learned of the existence of OpenText's Exceed onDemand (hereafter, EoD), and quickly added it to my evaluation. That's what I decided to do," says Watanabe.

Even before EoD was adopted in Japan, Nippon Cadence and Macnica had been working together to supply products such as the PC X server "OpenText Exceed" (hereinafter referred to as "Exceed"). Since around 2009, when the Japanese version of EoD was developed, we have held regular monthly meetings with Nippon Cadence to exchange various information such as lending tools and licenses, reporting verification results, and solutions when problems occur. In addition, Macnica 's support team includes the engineer who developed the Japanese version of EoD, providing direct support.

As Exceed/EoD accounts for 60% of the market share, collaboration with OpenText and Macnica is extremely important for improving customer satisfaction at Cadence Japan, says Asari, Senior Technical Sales Manager, Mixed Signal Implementation, Technical Field Operations Headquarters, Cadence Japan. "EoD also had problems with display and performance at first, but through our three-year collaborative relationship, many improvements have been made and we are very satisfied with their support capabilities in Japan."

Currently, EoD is installed on about 80% of the terminals installed in Cadence Japan's training room, and services are provided in a manner similar to the usage conditions of customers. , it is useful for early detection of problems by reproducing the customer's design environment.

In addition, Cadence's overseas bases outside of Japan are also beginning to use EoD, as there is great value in adopting EoD, which has high basic performance and is used by many Japanese companies, as a Windows emulator. Mr. Watanabe says, ``The biggest mission of the information systems department is to evaluate and adopt software that internal users can use with peace of mind, while also being able to quickly resolve problems when they occur.'' He acknowledges that there have been no delays or problems, and that version updates have been done in a relatively timely manner, and explains the importance of Macnica developing the Japanese version.

"As many softwares begin to support multi-languages, there are increasing cases where headquarters cannot accommodate the detailed demands of Japanese people. However, with EoD, Macnica develops the Japanese version. Therefore, it is easy to incorporate local needs, and we can expect high-quality support in the future.'' (Mr. Watanabe)

Mr. Asari points out that EoD is increasing its presence in the domestic sales strategy of Cadence products. emphasizing the need for more active collaboration in order to

"We will continue to make proposals from the customer's perspective while sharing information with Macnica, such as problems occurring on the customer side and status updates." (Mr. Asari)