Synopsys

Synopsys is a technology company that specializes in electronic design automation (EDA), semiconductor intellectual property (IP), and software quality and security solutions. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an office in Tokyo, Japan, Synopsys provides tools that automate the chip design process, enhancing design accuracy and productivity. Its offerings include software for designing application-specific integrated circuits and system-on-chip solutions, alongside consulting services. The company focuses on helping businesses manage and test their software for security and quality, addressing the growing needs of semiconductor and systems companies as they increasingly adopt in-house chip design and integrate more complex digital solutions.

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Baya Systems

Series B in 2025
Baya Systems specializes in chipset-based semiconductor technology, focusing on high-performance, modular systems that enhance intelligent computing across diverse applications. The company has developed innovative chiplet technology, which allows semiconductor manufacturers to create efficient chips by deconstructing complex designs into smaller, modular components. This approach addresses the growing complexity of semiconductor design while reducing overall design cycles, positioning Baya Systems as a key player in the evolution of modular semiconductor solutions.

Intrinsic ID

Acquisition in 2024
Intrinsic ID B.V. specializes in digital authentication solutions, primarily utilizing its proprietary SRAM Physical Unclonable Function (SRAM PUF) technology. Founded in 2008 and based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, with operations in Korea, the company develops a range of products aimed at enhancing security for Internet of Things (IoT) and embedded applications. Its offerings include Broadkey, a secure key management software; Citadel, a key provisioning system; Quiddicard, which focuses on remotely programming keys; and Quiddikey, a solution for reconstructing on-chip secret keys without storage. These technologies are designed to validate payment systems, secure connectivity, authenticate sensors, and safeguard sensitive government and military data and systems.

Efabless

Series A in 2023
efabless connects a global community of chip designers with smart product customers. The company was founded to revive demand-driven innovation in the semiconductor industry. The company brings back the "Garage" to the vocabulary of the semiconductor industry. Efabless builds products that spark from effective customer-centric innovation, engineered by great talented minds across the globe and manufactured by their dependable foundry partners.

Piketec

Acquisition in 2023
PikeTec GmbH, founded in 2007 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing testing tools and services for embedded software, particularly in the automotive sector. The company is known for its Time Partition Testing (TPT) tool, which enhances the efficiency of testing and verifying control units and regulation systems. PikeTec offers a comprehensive range of services that include consulting on test processes and methods, project analysis, and best practice workshops. Additionally, the company provides engineering services such as module, integration, and system testing, along with test management and TPT qualification. Furthermore, PikeTec engages in the development and integration of specialized tools and offers training programs tailored to various skill levels in TPT. Through its focused approach, PikeTec helps clients improve their testing and verification processes, ensuring safety and reliability in embedded systems development.

Silicon Frontline

Acquisition in 2023
Silicon Frontline Technology, Inc. is an electronic design automation company based in Campbell, California, founded in 2005. The company specializes in post-layout verification software that enhances silicon quality for both standard and advanced nanometer processes. Its key products include Fast 3D, which facilitates rapid three-dimensional extraction; Resistive 3D, focused on analyzing resistive structures like power devices; and P2P, which conducts resistance analysis and static IR drop assessments. These tools enable users to perform critical density, potential distribution, and sensitivity analyses, allowing for the quick identification of design issues related to electromigration. Silicon Frontline's solutions are particularly beneficial for optimizing analog-to-digital converters, sensitive analog circuits, image sensors, memories, custom digital designs, and various power devices.

FishTail Design Automation

Acquisition in 2022
FishTail Design Automation, Inc. specializes in design automation tools focused on timing constraint generation, verification, and management for chip design. Founded in 2002 and based in Lake Oswego, Oregon, the company offers three main products: Focus, Confirm, and Refocus. Focus generates template clock definition files that specify essential ports and pins for clock definitions. Confirm verifies these clock constraints, identifying issues such as unclocked registers and incorrect clock groups, while also flagging missing I/O constraints. Refocus manages the mapping of golden timing constraints to gate-level netlists throughout the implementation flow. By automating these processes, FishTail enhances the chip design cycle, leading to improved timing, area, and power efficiency, while significantly reducing the risk of silicon failure and minimizing the number of iterations required for timing closure.

WhiteHat Security

Acquisition in 2022
WhiteHat Security, Inc. operates a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform designed to help enterprises secure their digital applications throughout the development lifecycle, from creation to deployment across various devices. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in San Jose, California, the company offers a range of security solutions, including Dynamic Application Security Testing, which identifies vulnerabilities in web applications; Static Application Security Testing, which scans source code for security flaws; and Mobile Application Security Testing, which includes both automated scanning and manual assessments. Additionally, WhiteHat provides e-Learning resources for training employees on security best practices. With a focus on bridging the gap between security and development, WhiteHat's platform has garnered recognition as a leader in application security testing. The company has regional offices across the United States and Europe and operates in Australia. As of 2019, it is a subsidiary of NTT Security Corporation.

Concertio

Acquisition in 2021
Concertio is a premier provider of AI-powered performance optimization tools for the hardware and software markets. It also provides AI-powered performance optimization tools that boost the performance of computing systems by tailoring the many system settings in processors, firmware, OS and applications to the running workloads. The company tools are used by the likes of Intel, Marvell, and Mellanox to boost the performance of a multitude of devices and applications, turning general-purpose systems into high-performant special-purpose systems. The optimizer studio integrates performance optimization software suite that monitors (and learns from) the interactions between applications and systems, to deliver optimal configuration settings for peak performance. Concertio was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, NY, USA.

BISTel

Acquisition in 2021
BISTel focuses on engineering automation and manufacturing intelligence solutions tailored for various manufacturing sectors. The company develops systems that leverage the Internet of Things and artificial intelligence to collect and manage data effectively. BISTel's solutions monitor equipment health, optimize process flows, and analyze large datasets to identify root causes of failures, thereby mitigating risks. By predicting potential issues before they arise and utilizing advanced predictive analytics, BISTel helps clients enhance equipment performance, maximize yield, and reduce downtime.

Code Dx

Acquisition in 2021
Code Dx, Inc. specializes in application security management solutions that streamline the identification, prioritization, and management of software vulnerabilities. The company's primary tool, Enterprise, automates the integration of results from various security testing methods, including static and dynamic application security testing, as well as manual assessments. It helps users map vulnerabilities to industry standards and regulatory compliance, facilitates collaboration among security and development teams, and provides reporting on vulnerability trends. Additionally, Code Pulse is designed for application security testing, catering to development, testing, and quality assurance teams. The platform enhances workflow efficiency by integrating with existing software security and quality tools, fitting seamlessly into the DevOps pipeline. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Northport, New York, Code Dx serves a diverse clientele through a network of resellers.

MorethanIP

Acquisition in 2021
MorethanIP was founded in 2000 as a GmbH (ltd.) in Munich Germany by three senior Telecommunication Engineers. MorethanIP is a privately owned and profitable design and IP (Intellectual Property) house for advanced ASIC solutions in the area of latest Ethernet networking technologies for Telecom and Datacom and Industrial applications.

Moortec Semiconductor

Acquisition in 2020
Moortec Semiconductor Ltd. specializes in providing analog and mixed-signal intellectual property (IP) solutions for the semiconductor industry. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Plymouth, United Kingdom, the company focuses on embedded process, voltage, and temperature (PVT) monitoring technologies tailored for advanced node system on chip (SoC) designs, ranging from 40nm to 7nm processes. Moortec's IP products include process detectors, voltage monitors, temperature sensors, and PVT controllers, which enable in-chip monitoring and enhance device reliability and performance optimization. These solutions support various applications, including dynamic voltage and frequency scaling (DVFS), adaptive voltage scaling (AVS), and power management systems. Moortec serves multiple sectors, including consumer electronics, automotive, medical, and telecommunications, and is recognized for its strong support in IP application, integration, and device testing during production.

Terrain EDA

Acquisition in 2020
Terrain EDA, founded in March 2016 by Gilad Tal, Dror Brill, and Eli Fruchter, is an Israeli company located in Yokneam. It specializes in electronic design automation (EDA) technologies aimed at improving the chip design and verification process. The company leverages the extensive experience of its team, consisting of industry veterans, to create software solutions that enhance efficiency and autonomy in semiconductor development. Terrain EDA's flagship product, VerIDE, first entered beta in August 2016 and was officially launched in January 2019. By providing tools that facilitate the design and verification of semiconductor chips, Terrain EDA addresses critical needs in the semiconductor industry.

Tinfoil Security

Acquisition in 2020
Tinfoil Security, Inc. offers security-as-a-service solutions focused on website security. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company specializes in identifying vulnerabilities by simulating external hacking attempts on websites. Tinfoil Security systematically scans for common security flaws, particularly those listed in the OWASP Top Ten, by examining various access points and attempting to breach the site. The company employs a custom scanner that integrates popular open-source tools with proprietary innovations to deliver detailed vulnerability assessments. Clients receive precise information about security weaknesses, including specific input requests and locations of vulnerabilities. Additionally, Tinfoil Security provides tailored remediation strategies to help organizations secure their websites effectively. As of January 2020, Tinfoil Security operates as a subsidiary of Synopsys, Inc.

QTronic

Acquisition in 2019
QTronic GmbH, founded in 2006 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in the development of automation platforms and tools for automotive software. The company provides a range of solutions aimed at enhancing the simulation, testing, and development of automotive systems. Its flagship products include Silver, a virtual ECU platform that enables the transfer of development tasks from physical environments to Microsoft Windows PCs, and TestWeaver, an intelligent test automation solution featuring a powerful test case generator that requires minimal specification. As of October 2019, QTronic operates as a subsidiary of Synopsys, Inc.

PhoeniX B.V.

Acquisition in 2018
PhoeniX B.V. specializes in developing and supplying software solutions tailored for micro and nano technology (MNT) industries and research institutions. The company offers a range of products, including the Living Database, a manufacturing execution system that facilitates process flow design, wafer tracking, cleanroom management, and data analysis, thereby enhancing decision-making processes. Additionally, PhoeniX provides ReservationManager, a web-based cleanroom equipment booking system, and various layout and simulation software tools for applications in MEMS, microfluidics, integrated optics, and printed electronics. The company also develops process design kits for photonic integration platforms and microfluidics technologies. Beyond software solutions, PhoeniX B.V. delivers customer and technical support services, as well as training in integrated photonics design and yield engineering. Serving a diverse clientele that includes Fortune 500 companies, startups, universities, and research institutes, PhoeniX B.V. operates both in the Netherlands and internationally. Founded in 1991 and based in Enschede, the Netherlands, it is a subsidiary of Synopsys, Inc. since 2018.

Kilopass

Acquisition in 2018
Kilopass Technology Inc. specializes in developing and marketing advanced embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) technology, utilizing standard logic CMOS processes. The company is a leader in high-density logic NVM solutions, designed for system-on-chip (SoC) applications, which offer reliability, security, and cost-effectiveness. Kilopass's flagship product, Extra Permanent Memory (XPM), serves various purposes including electrically field-programmable firmware storage, security identification, analog circuit calibration, yield enhancement, and integrated circuit configuration. This technology is particularly advantageous for the semiconductor industry, addressing long-standing challenges in NVM integration across diverse markets and applications. Kilopass's products are compatible with advanced Customer Owned Tooling and Application Specific Integrated Circuit markets, and they are tailored for leading foundries and process geometries, providing significant design opportunities and cost savings for manufacturers.

BlackDuck

Acquisition in 2017
Black Duck secures and manages open source software worldwide, eliminating open source security vulnerabilities and license compliance pain. With the rapid, widespread adoption of open-source software, Black Duck is a key component of Synopsys’ Software Integrity Platform, the most comprehensive solution for integrating security into the SDLC and software supply chain. Black Duck was established in 2002 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States.

Sidense

Acquisition in 2017
Sidense is a prominent developer of silicon-proven embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) intellectual property (IP). The company specializes in one-time programmable (OTP) memory and logic NVM, which are designed to enhance a variety of electronic products. Sidense's IP cores facilitate code storage and processor configuration, allowing semiconductor and systems companies to differentiate their products while optimizing design efficiency. By integrating these IP cores into system-on-chip (SoC) designs, clients can achieve a smaller footprint and improved performance in their electronic offerings.

QuantumWise

Acquisition in 2017
QuantumWise specializes in developing commercial software for atomic-scale modeling of nanostructures. The company offers simulation tools, including toolKit and virtual nanolab, which are designed to assist industries such as manufacturing and healthcare. These tools provide users with an intuitive interface for reliable and efficient materials modeling, allowing for improved decision-making and project design. QuantumWise's solutions are crafted from advanced methodologies and tailored to meet the specific needs of its customers, ensuring a robust support system for users engaged in complex material design and analysis.

OXi Technology

Series B in 2017
OXi Technology specializes in biometric sensor innovation, focusing on developing advanced thin optical touch technology. This patented solution allows for the creation of compact and efficient fingerprint sensor modules that deliver high image quality. The company's offerings cater to various sectors, including mobile communication, access control, and financial security, aiming to enhance security and convenience in a digital and connected environment. By providing affordable biometric sensors, OXi Technology addresses the growing demand for reliable security solutions in an increasingly digital world.

Forcheck

Acquisition in 2017
Forcheck b.v. is a privately held software company located in the Netherlands, specializing in static analysis tools aimed at detecting coding defects and anomalies specifically in Fortran applications. The company focuses on enhancing software security and quality by providing solutions that help programmers identify and rectify issues within their code. By offering a specialized tool for Fortran, Forcheck addresses a niche market in the software development industry, contributing to more reliable and secure programming practices.

Cigital

Acquisition in 2016
Cigital, Inc. is a leading consulting firm that specializes in software security, providing a comprehensive range of services to help organizations design, build, and maintain secure software. With over twenty years of research and extensive experience from thousands of successful engagements, Cigital offers consulting, assessment, and training methodologies tailored to enhance software security practices. The firm focuses on various aspects of software security, including risk management, software quality, and the assessment of building security in maturity models. Its expertise is utilized by both public and private organizations globally, making it a prominent player in the field of software security consulting.

Codiscope

Acquisition in 2016
Codiscope was established in 2015 as a spin-off of Cigital, Inc. The company is transforming the tools and intellectual property created by Cigital software security experts into a suite of accessible, streamlined tools for a broad population of developers. We are committed to building and evolving security products that are efficient and easy for any developer to use, whether they’re maintaining enterprise-scale software or prototyping new applications for a startup.

Gold Standard Simulations

Acquisition in 2016
Gold Standard Simulations Ltd. specializes in providing variability simulation tools for the semiconductor industry. The company offers a suite of advanced products including Enigma, a framework for rapid design technology co-optimization; Mystic, a statistical compact model extractor; RandomSpice, a statistical circuit simulator; GARAND, a statistical 3D TCAD simulator; and ConnecTCAD, a 3D interconnect simulator designed for evaluating resistances and capacitances in current and future CMOS technologies. These tools integrate predictive Monte Carlo and statistical simulations to address variability in nano-CMOS devices, facilitating the exploration and screening of future technology options. Additionally, Gold Standard Simulations provides educational courses focused on statistical nano-CMOS variability and reliability. Established in 2009 and based in Glasgow, United Kingdom, the company operates as a subsidiary of Synopsys Inc.

Simpleware

Acquisition in 2016
Simpleware Ltd. specializes in 3D image processing, analysis, and model generation software for applications in computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided engineering (CAE), and 3D printing. The company's flagship product, ScanIP, is a versatile image processing platform that supports various modules for tasks such as finite element and computational fluid dynamics mesh generation, CAD integration, and material property calculations. These modules enhance functionality, allowing users to generate volume and surface meshes, import CAD models, and calculate material properties for a range of applications. Simpleware’s solutions are widely utilized across diverse fields, including life sciences, materials science, oil and gas exploration, and reverse engineering. The company, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Exeter, United Kingdom, also has an office in the United States and collaborates with a network of distributors and sales partners globally. Simpleware operates as a subsidiary of Synopsys Inc. since its acquisition in 2016.

WinterLogic

Acquisition in 2016
WinterLogicn is the technology leader in fault simulation used in automotive, safety and security environments for the design and verification of advanced system on chips (SoCs).

Goanna Software

Acquisition in 2015
Goanna Software Pty Ltd., doing business as Red Lizard Software, provides integrated C/C++ source code analysis tools for mission-critical industries. It offers Goanna Studio, an IDE version product for developer focused static analysis that focuses on integrated error reporting, visual error traces, and check selections; and Goanna Central, a command line and server version product for integrated quality and security analysis of C/C++ projects that focuses on build processes, incremental analysis, dashboards, and warning management.

Protecode

Acquisition in 2015
Protecode Incorporated is a software company that specializes in open source licensing and vulnerability management solutions. The company provides tools that help organizations manage open source software adoption, accelerating development while reducing costs and improving software quality. Protecode's products can identify security vulnerabilities and clarify intellectual property concerns within software portfolios at any stage of the development life cycle. Serving a diverse range of industries, including gaming, finance, and military, Protecode's solutions have been embraced by numerous organizations worldwide, from large enterprises to small teams. The company’s highly scalable architecture allows for easy adoption and integration of its products, which are designed to be fast, accurate, and user-friendly for various stakeholders.

Silicon Vision

Acquisition in 2015
Si-Vision is a fabless semiconductor company which provides complete custom solutions in Analog/Mixed and RF design fields.

Elliptic Technologies

Acquisition in 2015
Elliptic Technologies was founded in 2001 with the goal of becoming the world's leading supplier of security software and semiconductor IP offload engines. The team has significant expertise in security design gained from developing System-on-Chip designs and associated software at Chrysalis-ITS.

Atrenta

Acquisition in 2015
Atrenta specializes in providing software solutions for the semiconductor and consumer electronics industries, with a focus on enhancing design efficiency through its SpyGlass Predictive Analysis platform. This patented technology offers early insights into the performance, power, and area requirements of complex system on chips (SoCs), which are critical to the modern consumer electronics landscape. By identifying structural, coding, and consistency issues in register transfer language (RTL), SpyGlass enables design engineers to optimize testability and reduce risks and costs prior to the deployment of traditional electronic design automation (EDA) tools. With a user base of over two hundred companies and thousands of design engineers globally, Atrenta positions itself as a vital resource for navigating the complexities of SoC design, ensuring a more streamlined and effective implementation process.

Codenomicon

Acquisition in 2015
Codenomicon specializes in threat awareness and proactive security testing solutions, focusing on identifying and addressing software vulnerabilities. Its primary products include Defensics, which uncovers unknown vulnerabilities; AppCheck, designed to catalog and scan digital assets while identifying key vulnerabilities and their fixes; and AbuseSA, which provides threat intelligence for governments and cyber authorities. Additionally, the company offers a range of testing and auditing services, including outsourced robustness testing, custom test development, and security audits. Codenomicon serves a diverse clientele, including developers and security analysts across various sectors such as telecommunications, manufacturing, financial services, and defense. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Oulu, Finland, with a branch in Saratoga, California, Codenomicon has operated as a subsidiary of Synopsys since June 2015.

Target Compiler Technologies

Acquisition in 2014
Target Compiler Technologies, a privately held company headquartered in Leuven, Belgium, that provides software tools to design and program application-specific instruction-set processors (ASIPs). ASIPs complement industry-standard processor architectures by enabling designers to implement their own highly specialized software programmable engines for compute-intensive digital signal and data plane processing.
EVE is the leader in Hardware/Software Co-Verification. Nine of the top 10 semiconductor companies rely on ZeBu to verify their SOCs. With the best ROI on the market, ZeBu is also the choice of startups that need first-pass silicon success.

SpringSoft

Acquisition in 2012
SpringSoft is a software company specializing in electronic design automation (EDA) solutions for the semiconductor and electronic systems industries. Founded in 2012 and based in California, the company focuses on designing and developing silicon-to-software systems. SpringSoft provides a range of services, including verification of integrated circuits, embedded systems, and systems-on-chips, as well as prototyping, software integrity, and methodology consulting. In addition, the company offers support for design flow deployment, system-on-chip integration, and physical prototyping, catering to various sectors such as automotive, Internet of Things (IoT), and power-saving technologies.

Ciranova

Acquisition in 2012
Ciranova, Inc. is an electronic design automation company based in Santa Clara, California, established in 2002. The company specializes in developing interoperable tools aimed at aiding custom chip designers in the creation and migration of legacy analog intellectual property (IP). Its product offerings include PyCell Studio, which streamlines the creation of parameterized cells (PCell) and layout generators for advanced manufacturing processes, and PCell Xtreme, designed to facilitate the migration of PCells from proprietary languages into multi-vendor OpenAccess environments. Additionally, Ciranova provides services such as custom layout generator development, Python code development consulting, and analog and mixed-signal design support, enabling engineers to integrate complex RF, analog, and mixed-signal content into nanometer-scale silicon efficiently.

RSoft Design Group

Acquisition in 2012
RSoft Design Group, Inc. (RSoft), a leading provider of photonics design and simulation software headquartered in Ossining, New York.

ExpertIO

Acquisition in 2012
ExpertIO specializes in verification IP for industry-standard protocols, focusing on internet protocol verification services. The company is dedicated to developing system architectures that identify and verify internet protocol addresses for various computer hardware. With extensive industry experience, ExpertIO aims to deliver high-quality results in verification testing. Additionally, the company offers consulting services related to verification test coding and design debugging, ensuring that clients receive comprehensive support in their technical endeavors.

Extreme DA

Acquisition in 2011
Extreme DA, Corp. operates as an electronic design automation company. It focuses on the variation-aware parametric yield analysis, optimization, and specification sign-off of integrated circuit designs before transfer to manufacturing operations. The company offers GoldTime, a static analysis and timing sign-off tool that performs variation-aware timing analysis on a design; ROAD Suite, which provides statistical analysis and optimization of digital, analog/RF, memory, and mixed-signal circuits; and Variability solutions that provide variation data in terms of transistor and interconnect geometry parameters, as well as in terms of E-test data. Extreme DA, Corp. was founded in 2003 and is based in Santa Clara, California.

nSys Design Systems

Acquisition in 2011
nSys Design Systems specializes in the development of verification intellectual properties (VIPs) for a wide range of standard interfaces and protocols, including PCIe, Ethernet, USB, and SATA, among others. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of verification IPs that includes bus functional models (BFMs), monitors, assertion-based checkers, and test suites aimed at compliance testing and functional coverage. These verification solutions are available in native SystemVerilog and Verilog, with source code options, and are compatible with various programming languages such as 'e', SystemC, OpenVera, and VHDL across commonly used simulators and platforms. Additionally, nSys provides verification services including independent verification, SystemVerilog migration, and consulting, catering to the needs of clients in storage, communications, consumer memory, and mobile applications.

Optical Research Associates

Acquisition in 2010
Optical Research Associates (ORA), a privately held leading provider of optical design software and optical engineering services. ORA software is used to design and optimize applications that require light to be controlled or manipulated. Its software allows engineers to design and optimize the optical components and systems found in products such as cameras, telescopes, semiconductor lithography equipment, projectors, laptop displays, automotive lighting, and solid state lighting using LEDs. Optical components can include items such as lenses, prisms and mirrors, while the systems can include any combination of components necessary to achieve the desired image or image uniformity.

Ciranova

Venture Round in 2010
Ciranova, Inc. is an electronic design automation company based in Santa Clara, California, established in 2002. The company specializes in developing interoperable tools aimed at aiding custom chip designers in the creation and migration of legacy analog intellectual property (IP). Its product offerings include PyCell Studio, which streamlines the creation of parameterized cells (PCell) and layout generators for advanced manufacturing processes, and PCell Xtreme, designed to facilitate the migration of PCells from proprietary languages into multi-vendor OpenAccess environments. Additionally, Ciranova provides services such as custom layout generator development, Python code development consulting, and analog and mixed-signal design support, enabling engineers to integrate complex RF, analog, and mixed-signal content into nanometer-scale silicon efficiently.

Nusym Technology

Acquisition in 2010
Nusym Technology, Inc. is pioneering an "intelligent" functional verification approach that enables rapid verification closure. This approach requires little change in current verification methodologies and takes advantage of testbenches and reference models. However, unlike current methods which treat the design as a "blackbox", Nusym uses design understanding to provide targeted test generation.

Synfora

Acquisition in 2010
Synfora, Inc. develops program-in chip-out (PICO) technology. The PICO is a system of tools and IP that creates application engines from sequential untimed C algorithms, and designed for audio, video, imaging, wireless, and security applications. Synfora provides software tools, services, and IP that accelerate the design of systems-on-chips. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California with additional offices in Shin Yokohama, Japan; Kangnam-Gu, Seoul; Bernin, France; Bangalore, India; and Taipei, Taiwan.

CoWare

Acquisition in 2010
CoWare, Inc. provides electronic system-level design software and consulting services primarily to IP, semiconductor, and electronics companies. The company specializes in platform-driven solutions that facilitate platform architecture design, verification, application sub-system design, processor design, DSP algorithm design, and software development. Key products include Platform Architect, a graphical environment for platform analysis; Model Designer for IP block verification; and Virtual Platform, which simulates platforms for software development teams. CoWare also offers a Model Library containing various processor, bus, and peripheral models, and Processor Designer for creating custom processors and programmable hardware accelerators. Additionally, the Signal Processing Designer enables the design and analysis of signal processing algorithms, exporting implementations as blocks. CoWare's suite of tools supports the creation and validation of virtual hardware platforms, streamlining development processes for device software.

VaST Systems Technology

Acquisition in 2010
VaST Systems Technology Corporation provides tools and models for embedded systems design. It offers CoMET, a system engineering tool that enables the creation of a software simulation-based virtual system prototype of a system-on-a-chip (SOC); and METeor, a software development environment for embedded systems and SoC. The company also provides Metrix, which provides behavior and performance of hardware and software components of virtual system prototypes to system architects, hardware designers, and software developers; and peripheral device builder, which enables the creation of models of peripheral devices. In addition, it offers architecture and systems engineering, embedded software development, visualization and reporting, VaST modeling, wireless and telecom applications, consumer applications, and automotive applications solutions. The company serves automotive, consumer, and wireless markets. VaST Systems Technology Corporation was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California with sales and support offices in Sunnyvale, California; Austin, Texas; Munich, Germany; Pariset, France; NSW, Australia; and Tokyo, Japan. As of February 1, 2010, VaST Systems Technology Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Synopsys Inc.

ZEROSOFT

Acquisition in 2010
Zerosoft Inc. is a privately held company provides concurrent simulations of a hardware design.

Arteris

Series D in 2009
Arteris is a prominent provider of system IP that specializes in accelerating system-on-chip (SoC) development for various electronic systems. The company focuses on network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect technology and offers automation software for SoC integration, which enhances product performance while reducing power consumption and time to market. Arteris' solutions enable customers to efficiently implement NoC IP, along with providing ongoing support, maintenance, professional services, and training. With operations spanning the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe, the company derives a significant portion of its revenue from the Asia Pacific region, positioning itself as a key player in the semiconductor industry.

Gemini Design Technology

Acquisition in 2009
Gemini Design Technology, LLC specializes in the development and marketing of electronic design automation (EDA) software. The company focuses on creating innovative solutions for the verification of complex analog and mixed-signal designs, catering to the needs of engineers and designers in the electronics sector. By providing advanced technology products, Gemini Design Technology aims to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of the design verification process, supporting the growing demands of the electronic design industry.

Chipidea Microelectrónica

Acquisition in 2009
Chipidea Microelectrónica offers analog and mixed semiconductor solutions to wireless communications, digital media, and consumer electronics market segments. It provides analog subsystems for wireless and wire line communications, device-to-device connectivity, multimedia, and power management in Europe, Asia, and North America. The company offers analog and mixed Internet protocol products in various categories, including analog to digital converters, analog filters, analog front end, analog standard cells, audio and voice, clock management, digital modules, over sampling modulators, power management, radio frequency, USB link controllers, and USB physical interfaces for blue chip customers.

PRO DESIGN Electronic

Acquisition in 2008
Pro Design Electronic Gmbh provides engineering, development, and manufacturing services to the electronics industry.

Arteris

Series C in 2008
Arteris is a prominent provider of system IP that specializes in accelerating system-on-chip (SoC) development for various electronic systems. The company focuses on network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect technology and offers automation software for SoC integration, which enhances product performance while reducing power consumption and time to market. Arteris' solutions enable customers to efficiently implement NoC IP, along with providing ongoing support, maintenance, professional services, and training. With operations spanning the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe, the company derives a significant portion of its revenue from the Asia Pacific region, positioning itself as a key player in the semiconductor industry.

Prover

Funding Round in 2008
Prover delivers proof engines that enable safety critical systems engineers to achieve 100% exhaustive verification coverage. Its customers include Airbus, GE, New York City Transit, Ericsson, Mathworks and many others.

Ciranova

Series D in 2008
Ciranova, Inc. is an electronic design automation company based in Santa Clara, California, established in 2002. The company specializes in developing interoperable tools aimed at aiding custom chip designers in the creation and migration of legacy analog intellectual property (IP). Its product offerings include PyCell Studio, which streamlines the creation of parameterized cells (PCell) and layout generators for advanced manufacturing processes, and PCell Xtreme, designed to facilitate the migration of PCells from proprietary languages into multi-vendor OpenAccess environments. Additionally, Ciranova provides services such as custom layout generator development, Python code development consulting, and analog and mixed-signal design support, enabling engineers to integrate complex RF, analog, and mixed-signal content into nanometer-scale silicon efficiently.

Syncplicity

Acquisition in 2008
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ArchPro Design Automation

Acquisition in 2007
ArchPro Design Automation provides EDA products to meet low-power and multi-voltage power management challenges. Its products include multi-voltage simulator, which verifies power-managed designs, and supports ARM intelligent energy manager technology; multi-volt rule checker that analyzes design in various states to enable multi-voltage equivalence checking; and multi-volt synthesis, which automates the implementation of multiple voltages.

Sandwork Design

Acquisition in 2007
Sandwork Design, Inc., a privately held, Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of analog and mixed-signal (AMS) verification solutions. Sandwork's approach to verification enables engineers to efficiently analyze and debug complex AMS systems-on-chips (SoCs). Sandwork's products, combined with Synopsys' industry-leading Discovery™ AMS solution, deliver a comprehensive environment for verification and debug. Terms of the deal are not being disclosed.

Arteris

Series B in 2007
Arteris is a prominent provider of system IP that specializes in accelerating system-on-chip (SoC) development for various electronic systems. The company focuses on network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect technology and offers automation software for SoC integration, which enhances product performance while reducing power consumption and time to market. Arteris' solutions enable customers to efficiently implement NoC IP, along with providing ongoing support, maintenance, professional services, and training. With operations spanning the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe, the company derives a significant portion of its revenue from the Asia Pacific region, positioning itself as a key player in the semiconductor industry.

SIGMA-C Software AG

Acquisition in 2006
SIGMA-C(TM) Software AG (SIGMA-C), a Munich-based company providing simulation software that allows semiconductor manufacturers and their suppliers to develop and optimize process sequences for optical lithography, e-beam lithography and next-generation lithography (NGL) technologies.

Virtio

Acquisition in 2006
Virtio is a virtualization standard for network and disk device drivers where just the guest's device driver knows it is running in a virtual environment, and cooperates with the hypervisor. This enables guests to get high performance network and disk operations, and gives most of the performance benefits of paravirtualization.

AWR Corporation

Venture Round in 2006
AWR®, the innovation leader in high-frequency EDA, is a provider of software solutions that quicken the pace at which high-tech products like cell phones and satellite systems are developed. When AWR software is part of the design process, engineers can deliver cutting edge, affordable products faster, more reliably, and at a lower cost. The company's key differentiator is its core technology, which embodies years of knowledge and expertise in RF, microwave, and millimeter wave design. Its open and flexible software architecture provides design automation across vendor tools, helping users to maximize productivity through the ability to choose the best tool for each part of the design process. AWR continually strengthens its product portfolio with innovative new technologies, the most recent of which are the ACE™, RFA™, and AXIEM™ tools. Headquartered in El Segundo, CA, AWR is a privately-held, growing company with thousands of users world-wide.

HPL Technologies

Acquisition in 2005
HPL Technologies, Inc. is a provider of yield optimization solutions forthe semiconductor and flat panel display industries. HPL offers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services including: silicon-proven intellectual property (IP), highly flexible data analysis platforms, factory floor systems and professional services. HPL solutions have enabled companies to significantly improve yield by accelerating the process by which they identify, characterize and eliminate sources of failure throughout the entire product lifecycle. This is why a majority of the world's top twenty-five semiconductor and flat-panel manufacturers use HPL yield optimization solutions.

TriCN Associates

Acquisition in 2005
TriCN Associates is a privately held company provides an Interface specific I/Os and SerDes IP.

Nassda

Acquisition in 2004
Nassda is a leading provider of full-chip circuit simulation and analysis software for the design and verification of complex semiconductors. They believe that our initial product, HSIM, is the industry's first hierarchical simulator that meets the circuit verification challenges of memory, analog, mixed-signal and system-on-a-chip, or SoC, designs. Their software is designed to provide high capacity and accuracy that allows designers to perform full-chip simulation of complex semiconductors with feature sizes of 0.18 microns or less, or complex nanometer-scale semiconductors.

LEDA Systems

Acquisition in 2004
LEDA Systems Inc., founded in 1995, is a leader in the field of mixed-signal and analog silicon intellectual property (IP) design and development. LEDA is a single, comprehensive source for silicon-proven mixed-signal IP. It has licensed its technology to more than 50 customers for the development, manufacture and sales of high-performance integrated circuits (ICs).

Cascade Semiconductor Solutions

Acquisition in 2004
Cascade Semiconductor Solutions, Inc. is a privately held company based in Beaverton, OR, USA. It primarily sold IP cores for PCI Express.

Monterey Design Systems

Acquisition in 2004
Monterey Design Systems provides electronic design automation (EDA) software that enables integrated circuit designers to take their circuits from completed logic design to manufacturing ready output.

Accelerant Networks

Acquisition in 2004
Accelerant Networks, headquartered in Portland, Oregon, specializes in the development of CMOS-based transceivers for serial backplane communication and broadband infrastructure semiconductor solutions. The company focuses on providing high-speed backplane transceivers that enhance communication reliability, speed, and distance between line cards within network equipment. By creating a unified process for deploying data science techniques, Accelerant enables its clients to improve data management and make data-driven decisions more effectively. Their innovative semiconductor solutions are designed to meet the demands of network equipment manufacturers, facilitating the growth of broadband infrastructure.

Inovys

Series C in 2004
Inovys, a Pleasanton, Calif. company that makes software and hardware for structural testing of semiconductors, was founded in 1999.

Analog Design Automation

Acquisition in 2004
Analog Design Automation (ADA) specializes in developing automated circuit optimization software for analog, mixed-signal, and custom integrated circuits. Founded in 1999 in Saskatoon, Canada, by a group of engineers from the University of Saskatchewan, the company initially secured funding through a combination of grants and investments, including significant contributions from notable firms and institutions. ADA's software automates critical processes such as device sizing and biasing to enhance circuit performance, while also offering tools like IP Explorer, which visually presents circuit performance data. In 2004, ADA was acquired by Synopsys Inc., further integrating its innovative solutions into the broader semiconductor industry.

Integrated Systems Engineering

Acquisition in 2004
Integrated Systems Engineering is a privately held company provides range of TCAD tools.

Progressant Technologies

Acquisition in 2004
Progressant Technologies develops regative differential resistance transistor technology.

Tharas Systems

Series C in 2003
Tharas Systems suggests answers to the System-on-Chip simulation performance bottleneck being experienced by designers. They provides a fresh approach to the acceleration of HDL simulation and markets their solutions based on their ease of use, tool compatibility and their cost effectiveness. Tharas' main product, the Hammer, offers hardware accelerated, emulation-like performance and capacity with software-like debugging functionality.

InnoLogic Systems

Acquisition in 2003
InnoLogic Systems is a privately held comapny provides symbolic simulation services for equivalence checking.

Pixim

Series D in 2003
Pixim is a hardware company that builds chips for video cameras. Pixim's Digital Pixel System® technology revolutionizes the way video cameras capture and process images. Unlike traditional cameras, where each pixel cannot adjust to highlights and lowlights in the same scene, Pixim's patented Digital Pixel System® technology empowers hundreds of thousands of pixels to act like individual cameras constantly self-adjusting. This all-digital system enables Pixim-powered cameras to efficiently capture the whole picture, regardless of lighting condition or application – thus securing the highest resolution, natural color and clarity, while automatically eliminating image-compromising visual noise (e.g., glare, reflections). The result is more than superb image quality; it is accurate, actionable information that gives users the strength of certainty.

Numerical Technologies

Acquisition in 2003
Numerical Technologies, Inc. develops and markets proprietary technologies and software products that enable the design and manufacture of semiconductors, including semiconductors with subwavelength feature sizes.

Co-Design Automation

Acquisition in 2002
Co-Design Automation is a privately held company supplies an advanced languages and tools to target electronic design and verification productivity.

Silicon Access Networks

Series D in 2002
Silicon Access Networks is a provider of an ultra-high performance chipsets for terabit routers and communication silicon to the networking and telecommunications market.

Pixim

Series C in 2001
Pixim is a hardware company that builds chips for video cameras. Pixim's Digital Pixel System® technology revolutionizes the way video cameras capture and process images. Unlike traditional cameras, where each pixel cannot adjust to highlights and lowlights in the same scene, Pixim's patented Digital Pixel System® technology empowers hundreds of thousands of pixels to act like individual cameras constantly self-adjusting. This all-digital system enables Pixim-powered cameras to efficiently capture the whole picture, regardless of lighting condition or application – thus securing the highest resolution, natural color and clarity, while automatically eliminating image-compromising visual noise (e.g., glare, reflections). The result is more than superb image quality; it is accurate, actionable information that gives users the strength of certainty.
Blackstone Technology Group provides software and services that create high throughput computing environments. Blackstone helps customers speed time-to-market by designing and optimizing infrastructures for high user productivity, low administrative burden, and low ownership cost. Blackstone accomplishes these goals with Consultants who have expertise in the applications and process methodologies, as well as in the design and optimization of large-scale, high-throughput computing environments; and Software products that simplify usage and administration of the environment, as well as maximize computing throughput and architecture scalability.

Chameleon Systems

Series C in 2001
Chameleon Systems is a privately held fabless semiconductor company that designs, markets and sells programmable system-on-a-chip solutions for the communications electronics markets. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company has developed the industry´s first reconfigurable communications processor (RCP)--an ideal solution for data-intensive Internet, DSP, wireless basestations, voice compression, software-defined radio, and other high-performance embedded telecom and datacom applications. The Chameleon RCP solution allows data and telecom equipment vendors to create customized communications signal processors to increase performance and channel count, more quickly adapt to new requirements and standards, reduce time-to-market, lower development costs and reduce risk.

Silicon Access Networks

Series C in 2000
Silicon Access Networks is a provider of an ultra-high performance chipsets for terabit routers and communication silicon to the networking and telecommunications market.

Lightspeed Semiconductor

Venture Round in 2000
LightSpeed Semiconductor provides time-to-market, yield, manufacturability, and development expense advantages over cell implementation.

Leda SA

Acquisition in 2000
LEDA offers design rule checkers for VHDL and Verilog -- the hardware design languages -- but these are offered by many firms, so it probably would have been easier for Synopsys to grow in-house.

Silicon Access Networks

Series B in 2000
Silicon Access Networks is a provider of an ultra-high performance chipsets for terabit routers and communication silicon to the networking and telecommunications market.

Adaptive Silicon

Series A in 2000
Adaptive Silicon licenses Programmable Logic Cores for the purpose of adding programmability to system-on-chip devices. This programmability permits multiple designs to be built on a single silicon die and enables products to be re-programmed after they are built and in service.

Interactive Silicon

Series B in 1999
Interactive Silicon is a technology-based, intellectual property company that is turning LOTS of heads with its breakthrough memory technology.

Chameleon Systems

Series B in 1999
Chameleon Systems is a privately held fabless semiconductor company that designs, markets and sells programmable system-on-a-chip solutions for the communications electronics markets. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company has developed the industry´s first reconfigurable communications processor (RCP)--an ideal solution for data-intensive Internet, DSP, wireless basestations, voice compression, software-defined radio, and other high-performance embedded telecom and datacom applications. The Chameleon RCP solution allows data and telecom equipment vendors to create customized communications signal processors to increase performance and channel count, more quickly adapt to new requirements and standards, reduce time-to-market, lower development costs and reduce risk.

Stanza Systems

Acquisition in 1999
Stanza Systems is a privately held company that specializes in custom integrated circuit (IC) layout tools for design and manufacturing processes. The company also offers a coding platform aimed at addressing complex challenges in coding, culture, and community. By providing innovative tools and fostering collaboration among engineers, Stanza Systems supports decision-making and enhances productivity within the engineering community.

Gambit Automated Design

Acquisition in 1999
Gambit (San Jose, Calif.) has had little success marketing Grandmaster, its gate-array layout system, but has had more success offering design services that use Grandmaster. The company employs a number of Russian engineers.
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