The program, which has been around since 1988, uses a panel of judges to select the best designs in six end-product categories. (The only catch is that you have to use Mentor’s software; not sure what would happen if someone tried to enter a design using, say, OrCad. But since you send in screen shots, it would be self-evident.)
To tell the truth I only ever entered to get the free polo shirt.
Gotcha James. The shirt came in handy recently. Of course I accidentally put in on wrong side out. Someone finally told me that they could not tell who that was on my shirt. Sometimes I should not be allowed to go out in public. Seriously, the TLA awards are something Mentor has been doing for a long time. They do a good job of focusing attention on designers and engineers who use their tools. I wish more EDA companies would do something similar. And thanks to Mike for getting this post up. As y’all can probably tell, Mike is a lot better at posting and blogging than I am.
To tell the truth I only ever entered to get the free polo shirt.
Gotcha James. The shirt came in handy recently. Of course I accidentally put in on wrong side out. Someone finally told me that they could not tell who that was on my shirt. Sometimes I should not be allowed to go out in public.
Seriously, the TLA awards are something Mentor has been doing for a long time. They do a good job of focusing attention on designers and engineers who use their tools. I wish more EDA companies would do something similar.
And thanks to Mike for getting this post up. As y’all can probably tell, Mike is a lot better at posting and blogging than I am.