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Verification
Until recently, an EDA budget was a negotiated number that stayed put for the length of a contract. AI agents change that, because they add two bills that move with use: model tokens, and the extra tool licences those agents consume when they run simulations by the hundred. Vendors and customers are now arguing openly about both. The public debate tends to quote a single token price, and a single price is no help to a manager planning next yea…
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Murugavel Ganesan
November 11, 2026
Top10
The semiconductor industry is adopting AI-assisted design tools faster than it is changing the teams that use them. The tools now help with RTL, verification, physical design, power and test, but hiring, job roles, training and performance metrics still reflect how chips were built a decade ago. That gap between 2026 tools and 2015 team structures is where expensive mistakes happen, and closing it is a leadership and organisational design task,…
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Murugavel Ganesan
June 24, 2026
