Andrew Plumb 🇨🇦<p>Best argument for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> Electronic Design Automation (EDA) tool flows yet!</p><p>Article: U.S. Restricts EDA Software Sales to China<br>Curbs on design software escalate tech war and hit western firms.</p><p>…<br>The latest directive, which appears to broaden previous restrictions, requires major EDA firms, including U.S.-based Cadence and Synopsys, and Germany’s Siemens EDA, to seek licenses for all sales to China, subject to a case-by-case review.<br>…</p><p><a href="https://www.eetimes.com/u-s-restricts-eda-software-sales-to-china/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">eetimes.com/u-s-restricts-eda-</span><span class="invisible">software-sales-to-china/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/openhardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>openhardware</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/opensourceeda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>opensourceeda</span></a></p>