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Gary Smith (March 9, 1941 – July 3, 2015〔("In Loving Memory of Gary Smith" ) (retrieved July 6, 2015 )〕〔) was a veteran electronic design automation (EDA) business analyst. He was chief analyst of Gary Smith EDA firm.〔('Gary Smith EDA' website )〕〔("Gary Smith hails multi-platform design methodology" ), by Dylan McGrath, ''eeTimes''〕 ==Biography== Smith was born in Stockton, California, and grew up in the San Joaquin Valley. He graduated with a bachelor of science degree in engineering from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.〔 After six years of active duty in Vietnam, he returned to civilian life as a salesperson for semiconductor companies including National Electronics, International Rectifier, TRW Inc., Signetics, Telmos, and Plessey. At Plessey, he transitioned to engineering management for ASICs.〔 Joining LSI Logic, he became a CAD methodologist implementing the then novel register-transfer level (RTL) design methodology.〔 From 1994 to 2006 he worked for the market research firm Dataquest (later known as Gartner Dataquest) as managing vice-president and chief analyst for EDA market analysis.〔〔 From 2006 up to his death, he led his own market research firm, Gary Smith EDA. He was known for his pre-Design Automation Conference Dataquest briefings with his ''"What to see at DAC"'' list.〔"SystemVerilog for Design Second Edition: A Guide to Using SystemVerilog for Hardware Design and Modeling", 2006, Springer, ISBN 0387333991, (p. 412 )〕〔("The "What to see at DAC" List" ), Gabe Moretti, 6/5/2008, ''eeTimes''〕 He continued this tradition as an independent analyst.〔("Gary Smith kicks off DAC with his industry commentary" ), Brian Bailey, ''eeTimes'', 6/5/2012〕〔''DAC 2013: The Gary Smith EDA ‘what to see’ list is live'' by Paul Dempsy Tech Design Forum, May 21, 2013〕 Annually Smith also updated his so-called wallcharts where he visually listed out vendors organized by tool category.〔(Wallcharts )〕 In 2007 he received an ACM SIGDA Distinguished Service award "in recognition for his contributions as Chief EDA Analyst at Gartner Dataquest for the past two decades".〔(Gary Smith to receive ACM Award )〕 He died on July 3, 2015, in Flagstaff, Arizona, after a short bout of pneumonia.〔 The Gary Smith Memorial Scholarship was set up at the San Jose State University.〔("Gary Smith Memorial Scholarship" ) (retrieved July 9, 2015)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Smith (EDA analyst)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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