I can hardly believe it. I’ve been in the EDA business since 1980 when I joined TI’s Design Automation Department after graduating from Cal Poly with my BSEE. Since 1995, much of my attention has been focused on EDA standards. I reached a moment of truth this year when I admitted, albeit reluctantly, that I could be called a standards-lifer. So, I decided it’s time to share my perspectives on what’s going on in the standards arena. Welcome to my blog - I can’t wait to hear from you! Today, the U.S. celebrates World Standards Day
Posted by Karen B on October 7th, 2009
There’s a day dedicated to just about anything you can imagine. Today the United States celebrates “World Standards Day” which is actually on October 14. World Standards Day marks the birthday of ISO, which will be 63 years old, and this year the focus is on climate change. There’s a big party and awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. tonight, but it’s sold out so I guess I’ll stay home.
It’s appropriate that on World Standards Day, I’m writing a little book about standards. It will be full of short ideas (Twitter style – 140 characters or less) based on my experiences in the standards game over the past 14 years.
As I researched my old writings for the short ideas, I came across one of the first newsletters I wrote when I joined Synopsys. It included our vision for standards:
We proactively support standards that take our customers and us into the future of electronic design. These standards increase productivity and solve design problems while leaving plenty of room for innovation.
It’s good to know that, on World Standards Day, Synopsys’ vision hasn’t changed.
Happy World Standards Day, everyone!
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