JavaTM in electronic design automation

Ð Increasing design complexity and the need for multi-disciplinary / multi-national design collaboration is causing a paradigm shift in the EDA appl icat ion environment. This shif t i s necessary in order that time-to-profit goals are met in increasingly compressed market windows. The envisioned paradigm shift is enabled through Sun's J a v a  technology. This technology will impact significantly the development, deployment, use and support of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) applications. This paper will examine some of the f a c t o r s i n f l u e n c i n g t h i s f o r t h c o m i n g E D A revolution and review some of the challenges yet to be resolved.