Thanks to @Navadeep we learned that Altium was being acquired by Renesas: https://discord.com/channe
Thanks to @Navadeep we learned that Altium was being acquired by Renesas: general-dev-chat
Then he filled us in with some industry analysis: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7164012814137810944?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7164012814137810944%29
Then I saw a post by @ChrisGammell on LinkedIn offering a perspective I hadn't thought of: https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=chris%20gammel%20altium&origin=GLOBAL_SEARCH_HEADER&sid=.EZ
(Great post, Chris)
Summary is: What do all the other chipmakers think about this? I personally think it's a great move but Chris takes it further explaining the potential to see all the design-ins of competitors over the years. I hinted at this before, but it seems like a good time for some of the big non-Renesas semis to throw some weight into KiCad.
What do our KiCad designers think about this? @JeremyCook @Petr Dvořák @Joseph Ogbonna @PCB & Analog?
Then he filled us in with some industry analysis: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7164012814137810944?updateEntityUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_feedUpdate%3A%28V2%2Curn%3Ali%3Aactivity%3A7164012814137810944%29
Then I saw a post by @ChrisGammell on LinkedIn offering a perspective I hadn't thought of: https://www.linkedin.com/search/results/all/?keywords=chris%20gammel%20altium&origin=GLOBAL_SEARCH_HEADER&sid=.EZ
(Great post, Chris)
Summary is: What do all the other chipmakers think about this? I personally think it's a great move but Chris takes it further explaining the potential to see all the design-ins of competitors over the years. I hinted at this before, but it seems like a good time for some of the big non-Renesas semis to throw some weight into KiCad.
What do our KiCad designers think about this? @JeremyCook @Petr Dvořák @Joseph Ogbonna @PCB & Analog?
