Hey folks, a bunch of folks have just emailed me that Richard Goering, one of my mentors as a journalist from the 7 years I was at EE Times, has just been laid off. CMP Technology, owner of EE Times, announced it was having layoffs yesterday and today Richard sent out a note to his contacts list that he has lost his job.

Richard’s a great guy and damn fine journalist and he has been covering EDA from the beginning—when EDA was still a sub-niche of test and measurement. It’s sad to see him leave EE Times and sad for the EDA and design community. With Goering’s departure from EE Times, we’ve now seen two significant EDA voices dropped by larger companies. Gary Smith’s EDA analyst group was let go by research firm Gartner Dataquest late last year. It’s good to see Gary has landed on his feet and has started his own analyst group garysmitheda.com. I hope Richard does also, he’s been an asset not only to the EDA community but the IC and PCB design community and thus the electronics industry at large. He’s a quality guy and a journalist of the strongest ethic.