Quality and EDA

Summary form only given. Quality has many definitions: conformance to specifications; customer satisfaction; delivery divided by expectations; etc. EDA's sense of quality is determined by what its customers want. Do we have a virtuous cycle in the quality relationship between EDA and its customers? EDA is also the quality tools supplier to help the electronics systems and semiconductor companies to produce quality products on time. The paper examines both aspects of the quality issue from an EDA perspective.