January 16, 2004 -- In my "RTL analysis saves time" column from November 18th 2003, I discussed a really cool technology called RTL Timing Analysis (RTA) from InTime Software. At that time, I made comment that RTA could dramatically improve the life of an RTL design engineer, but that its application to system architects and system integrators would have to be left to a future column. Which, by some strange quirk of fate, is where we find ourselves today.

By Clive Maxfield. (Maxfield is president of Techbites Interactive, a marketing consultancy firm specializing in high-tech.)