It's as simple as that. Just about everyone. Less innovation in EDA means diminished power to develop chips, boards, systems-nearly all electronic products, for that matter. One can argue that much of the burden can be shouldered by software, but software has its perils too.
Software is costly, resource-intensive and complex.
There is no panacea, and a slowdown in EDA innovation, before we have truly harnessed the power of CMOS-based silicon, is not a good thing. First, the few EDA companies that can deliver real value to the chip design community will profit. It's going to separate the wheat from the chaff. The problem today is that EDA is not the beauty queen it once was. The new starlet is the Internet.