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Simon Butler

Simon Butler is the founder of Methodics Inc., acquired by Perforce in 2020. He is currently the General Manager of the Helix IPLM (formerly Methodics IPLM) business unit at Perforce. Methodics created IP lifecycle management as a new business segment in the enterprise semiconductor space to serve the needs of IP and component-based design. Simon has 30 years of IC design and EDA tool development and specializes in product strategy and design.

Latest Content from Simon Butler

Blog

Why Is Traceability Important?

Why is traceability important in design and development processes? In this blog, we explain by examining examples of where a lack of traceability proved costly.
Security & Compliance, Embedded Systems & Chip Design
Blog

What Is Configuration Management? Prevent Hardware + Software Configuration Management Issues

Get an overview of configuration management for hardware and software. And learn how to effectively manage it.
Embedded Systems & Chip Design, Embedded Systems & Chip Design