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( ESNUG 560 Item 5 ) -------------------------------------------- [05/06/16] Subject: Calypto Badru says Sanjiv Kaul left due to "vision differences" Although rejoining Daddy MENT is mostly just an org chart change (since MENT already has a 51% stake in Calypto), I still don't 100% believe this rumor. Sanjiv Kaul even got a Catapult business deal with Google and Google even let Calypto publically brag about it??? (How often does Google let *anyone* use their name for *anything*???) My sources also say that after the deal is closed, Badru Agarwala, the former CEO of Axiom -- which got acquired by MENT in 2013 -- will be the new GM in charge of the Mentor Calypto business unit. My guess is that the "Calypto" name will probably very quickly go away, but that Catapult, SLEC, and PowerPro will keep being called what they're called now. From: [ Badru Agarwala of Mentor Calypto ] Dear Mr. Cooley, I've seen you write 3 different references to the Calypto-MENT transition on DeepChip and you simply will not let it go. Enough is enough. Yes, I was the CEO at Axiom. That much is true. The reason why Sanjiv Kaul left when Mentor acquired Calyto was not due to any of your crazy conspiracy theories, John. You may think what I'm about to say is B.S., but it's true. Sanjiv Kaul left because we had very different visions as to the direction Calypto should take now that both Cadence and Synopsys are both so weak in the High Level Synthesis space. I've spent the last 6 months talking to potential and existing customers to validate my vison and the greater majority of them agree with it. BADRU'S HLS "VISION" Two major takeaways I got from customers who use (or want to use) HLS: 1. Time to Market. The #1 reason to do C/SystemC/C++ based design is it gets your chip done much more quickly than the standard hand RTL techniques do. 2. Make HLS more like RTL. The older RTL-based designers will be more comfortable with C/SystemC/C++ based design if that flow mimics the old RTL flow that they know. This is especially true for RTL design ...