Part one looked at the predictions associated with semiconductor manufacturing and end markets. If there was one key aspect to the predictions for 2017, it was that ‘systems’ would become a greater focus, both for design and verification. “Systems and IP will be the watchwords in 2017 as the semiconductor design ecosystem advances from chip-centric (integration of transistors) design to system-centric (integration of functional blocks) design,” predicted Bob Smith, executive director of the Electronic System Design Alliance (ESDA). To read more, please visit: https://semiengineering.com/reflection-on-2017-design-and-eda/]]>