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.

Antun Domic

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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 is a community-driven semiconductor company that connects chip designers with customers seeking innovative electronic products. Founded to foster demand-driven innovation in the semiconductor industry, Efabless emphasizes a collaborative approach to hardware design and commercialization. By leveraging crowd-sourcing, the company enables users to define, develop, and monetize their designs through a global network of talented engineers. This model aims to improve electronics by enhancing integration, power utilization, and intellectual property protection. Efabless partners with reliable foundries to bring customer-centric innovations to market, effectively reviving the spirit of grassroots innovation in the semiconductor field.

Silicon Frontline

Acquisition in 2023
Silicon Frontline Technology, Inc., established in 2005 and headquartered in Campbell, California, specializes in electronic design automation. The company provides post-layout verification software, focusing on 3D extraction and analysis of resistive structures in semiconductor designs. Its key products include Fast 3D for rapid 3D extraction, Resistive 3D for analyzing power devices, and P2P for resistance analysis and static IR drop analysis. These tools enhance silicon quality for both standard and advanced nanometer processes, enabling customers to identify and address critical design areas efficiently.

Concertio

Acquisition in 2021
Concertio Inc. specializes in artificial intelligence-driven system performance optimization software, enabling enterprises to enhance computing efficiency while minimizing infrastructure costs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company offers the Concertio Optimizer, which continuously monitors the interactions between applications and systems, automating parameter tuning throughout development and deployment. Its tools, including Optimizer Studio and Optimizer Runtime, cater to performance engineers and IT professionals by providing an optimization toolkit and a dynamic optimization framework that improve the performance of systems and components in real-time. Concertio's solutions are utilized by prominent industry players such as Intel and Marvell, transforming general-purpose systems into specialized, high-performance configurations tailored to specific workloads.

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.

Qualtera

Acquisition in 2020
Qualtera, certified ISO9001 and ISO27001, specializes in data analysis systems and services for semiconductor test and manufacturing. They focus on securing and accelerating product ramps, and enhancing yields and product quality for fabless companies, IDMs, and OSATs. Leveraging expertise in product engineering, yield management, and semiconductor manufacturing, Qualtera's platform employs statistical analysis, machine learning, and predictive modeling to derive actionable insights from manufacturing data, optimizing production processes and improving efficiency.

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.

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.

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.

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.

WinterLogic

Acquisition in 2016
WinterLogic is a technology leader specializing in fault simulation for automotive, safety, and security applications. The company develops electronic design automation software that assists semiconductor companies in the design and verification of advanced system on chips (SoCs) and integrated circuits. By focusing on fault simulation, WinterLogic plays a crucial role in ensuring the reliability and performance of complex electronic systems.

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, founded in 2001, specializes in security software and semiconductor Internet Protocol engines. The company leverages extensive expertise in security design, derived from its history of developing System-on-Chip designs and related software. Elliptic Technologies offers embedded security services that cater to a range of applications, including wired and wireless networking, digital media, home entertainment systems, and Internet of Things (IoT) sensor networks. Its solutions are designed for vendors, device manufacturers, and service and content providers, positioning the company as a key player in the security technology sector.

Atrenta

Acquisition in 2015
Atrenta is a provider of innovative solutions for the semiconductor and consumer electronics industries, specializing in design efficiency through its SpyGlass Predictive Analysis software platform. This platform offers early design insights into the performance, power, and area requirements of complex system on chips (SoCs), which are essential for modern consumer electronics. By enabling design engineers to identify structural, coding, and consistency issues in register transfer language (RTL), Atrenta's technology allows for enhanced testability during RTL creation. The company's patented solutions are utilized by over two hundred companies and thousands of design engineers globally, helping to mitigate risks and reduce costs before the deployment of traditional electronic design automation (EDA) tools. SpyGlass serves as an interactive guidance system, optimizing the implementation process for complex SoCs and ensuring greater efficiency and confidence in design outcomes.

Target Compiler Technologies

Acquisition in 2014
Target Compiler Technologies, based in Leuven, Belgium, specializes in software tools for the design, programming, and verification of application-specific instruction-set processors (ASIPs). These processors enhance traditional processor architectures by allowing designers to create customized, software programmable engines tailored for compute-intensive digital signal and data plane processing. Target Compiler Technologies serves clients in the electronic systems and semiconductor industries, providing solutions that facilitate the development of specialized processing capabilities.

Emulation and Verification Engineering

Acquisition in 2012
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 products. Founded in 2012 and based in California, it provides a range of services that include the design and development of silicon-to-software systems. SpringSoft focuses on verification of integrated circuits, embedded systems, and systems-on-chips, catering to the semiconductor and electronic systems industries. Additionally, the company offers expertise in automotive, IoT, FinFET technology, and power-saving solutions, along with services such as prototyping, software integrity, methodology consulting, design flow deployment, and SoC integration and verification.

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.

Magma Design Automation

Acquisition in 2011
Magma Design Automation, Inc. specializes in electronic design automation (EDA) software products and services aimed at optimizing the design and production of integrated circuits across various industries, including communications, computing, and consumer electronics. The company offers a comprehensive digital integrated solution that streamlines the chip development cycle, encompassing initial design through to physical implementation. Magma's primary offerings include the Talus family of products, the Tekton static timing analyzer, and the QCP extractor, as well as the Quartz suite for sign-off and verification. These tools work seamlessly together to create an integrated design and verification flow, effectively merging previously distinct processes of logic design, physical design, and analysis. Additionally, Magma's Titan platform supports custom integrated chip design, providing a cohesive solution for mixed-signal projects.

Extreme DA

Acquisition in 2011
Extreme DA, Corp. is an electronic design automation company based in Santa Clara, California, established in 2003. The company specializes in variation-aware parametric yield analysis, optimization, and specification sign-off of integrated circuit designs prior to their transfer to manufacturing. Its product offerings include GoldTime, a tool for static analysis and timing sign-off that conducts variation-aware timing analysis, and the ROAD Suite, which facilitates statistical analysis and optimization across digital, analog/RF, memory, and mixed-signal circuits. Additionally, Extreme DA provides Variability solutions that deliver variation data related to transistor and interconnect geometry parameters, and E-test data. The company's tools are essential for ensuring that integrated circuit designs meet performance standards before manufacturing.

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.

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.

Synfora

Acquisition in 2010
Synfora, Inc. specializes in developing program-in chip-out (PICO) technology, which includes a suite of tools and intellectual property aimed at creating application engines from sequential untimed C algorithms. This technology is particularly applicable in fields such as audio, video, imaging, wireless, and security. The company offers software tools and services that facilitate the design of systems-on-chips and field-programmable gate arrays. Key products include PICO Express, which assesses parallelism to meet throughput requirements and generates the necessary hardware for algorithm execution, and PICO Express FPGA, which synthesizes algorithms into hardware application engines while ensuring seamless integration with existing systems. Founded in 2003, Synfora is headquartered in Mountain View, California, with additional offices in Japan, South Korea, France, India, and Taiwan.

Virage Logic

Acquisition in 2010
Virage Logic is a prominent provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) that specializes in the design of complex integrated circuits. The company offers a diverse and differentiated product portfolio, including embedded memory solutions such as static random access memory (SRAM) and non-volatile memory (NVM), as well as logic libraries and development infrastructure for embedded testing and repair of on-chip memory. With a clientele exceeding 400 foundries, integrated device manufacturers (IDMs), and fabless companies, Virage Logic supports its customers in achieving enhanced performance, reduced power consumption, increased density, and optimal yield. The company's offerings are designed to accelerate time-to-market and time-to-volume, making it a trusted partner within the semiconductor industry.

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 specializes in providing tools and models for embedded systems design automation. The company offers a range of products, including CoMET, a system engineering tool for creating software simulation-based virtual prototypes of system-on-a-chip (SoC) designs, and METeor, a development environment for embedded systems. Additionally, VaST provides Metrix, which analyzes the behavior and performance of hardware and software components in virtual prototypes, as well as a peripheral device builder for modeling peripheral devices. Its services encompass architecture and systems engineering, embedded software development, and solutions for wireless, telecom, consumer, and automotive applications. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, VaST Systems Technology also maintains sales and support offices in various locations, including Austin, Munich, Paris, NSW, and Tokyo. The company has been operating as a subsidiary of Synopsys Inc. since 2010.

Arteris

Series D in 2009
Arteris specializes in designing and distributing intellectual property (IP) for Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnect technology, primarily serving the System-on-Chip (SoC) market. Its core products include NoC IP and SoC integration automation software, enabling customers to enhance product performance while reducing power consumption and accelerating time-to-market. Arteris operates globally, with a significant portion of its profits originating from the Asia Pacific region.

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.

Arteris

Series C in 2008
Arteris specializes in designing and distributing intellectual property (IP) for Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnect technology, primarily serving the System-on-Chip (SoC) market. Its core products include NoC IP and SoC integration automation software, enabling customers to enhance product performance while reducing power consumption and accelerating time-to-market. Arteris operates globally, with a significant portion of its profits originating from the Asia Pacific region.

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.

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.

Conversant Intellectual Property Management

Acquisition in 2007
Conversant Intellectual Property Management specializes in licensing patented semiconductor and wireless/wireline communications Internet protocol, along with developing semiconductor memory technology. They focus on managing intellectual property assets to create value and drive innovation in the technology industry. With a strategic approach to IP management, Conversant helps companies leverage their patents to generate revenue and stay competitive in the market. Their expertise lies in identifying valuable IP assets, negotiating licensing agreements, and supporting clients in maximizing the value of their intellectual property portfolios. Through their comprehensive services, Conversant aims to enable businesses to protect their innovations and achieve sustainable growth in the rapidly evolving tech landscape.

Arteris

Series B in 2007
Arteris specializes in designing and distributing intellectual property (IP) for Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnect technology, primarily serving the System-on-Chip (SoC) market. Its core products include NoC IP and SoC integration automation software, enabling customers to enhance product performance while reducing power consumption and accelerating time-to-market. Arteris operates globally, with a significant portion of its profits originating from the Asia Pacific region.

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.

AWR Corporation

Venture Round in 2006
AWR Corporation specializes in developing high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) software aimed at facilitating the design of advanced products such as cell phones and satellite systems. The company offers a range of software solutions, including Microwave Office for designing radio frequency and microwave circuits, Visual System Simulator for architecting communication systems, and Analog Office for managing RFIC and analog designs through various stages of development. AWR's products support the design of a wide array of wireless technologies, including amplifiers, antennas, and filters. The company's innovative technology and flexible software architecture enhance design automation across different vendor tools, thereby improving productivity and efficiency for engineers. Headquartered in El Segundo, California, AWR Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Cadence Design Systems and serves a global customer base with thousands of users.

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.

Progressant Technologies

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

Integrated Systems Engineering

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

Tharas Systems

Series C in 2003
Tharas Systems specializes in providing solutions to the performance bottlenecks faced by designers in System-on-Chip simulations. The company focuses on accelerating Hardware Description Language (HDL) simulation through innovative approaches that emphasize ease of use, compatibility with existing tools, and cost-effectiveness. Their flagship product, Hammer, delivers hardware-accelerated performance akin to emulation while maintaining the debugging capabilities typically associated with software. By developing verification appliances, Tharas Systems aims to shorten the verification cycle for integrated circuits and electronic systems, thereby enhancing the efficiency of the design process.

Pixim

Series D in 2003
Pixim is a hardware company specializing in the development of advanced chipsets for video cameras. Its proprietary Digital Pixel System® technology transforms traditional imaging by allowing each pixel to function as an individual camera, continuously adjusting to varying highlights and lowlights within the same scene. This innovative approach enables Pixim's cameras to capture images with superior resolution, natural colors, and clarity, while effectively reducing visual noise such as glare and reflections. The company’s products include digital image sensors, processors, and software that cater to a wide range of applications, including security and video surveillance, network cameras, machine vision, and automotive systems. By providing high-quality imaging solutions, Pixim delivers accurate and actionable information, enhancing users' confidence in their visual data.

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.

inSilicon Corp.

Acquisition in 2002
inSilicon Corp. is a privately held company that specializes in providing connectivity semiconductor intellectual property for use in semiconductor and systems. Their products help enable seamless communication between different components in electronic devices, ensuring efficient and reliable connectivity. With a focus on semiconductor technology, inSilicon Corp. plays a key role in advancing the capabilities of various electronic devices and systems.

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.

Avant! Corp.

Acquisition in 2001
Avant! Corporation specializes in the development, marketing, and support of integrated circuit (IC) design automation software solutions. Their offerings encompass the complete design process, from system definition to mask synthesis, facilitating the rapid creation of complex multimillion-gate products, including system on chip (SoC) designs. The company is recognized as a leading provider of physical foundation IP libraries for IC design and delivers a comprehensive suite of software that aids in integrated circuit design, process simulation, device modeling, and mask synthesis. Avant!'s solutions support various sectors, including consumer electronics, Internet infrastructure, wireless telecommunications, and the automotive industry.

Pixim

Series C in 2001
Pixim is a hardware company specializing in the development of advanced chipsets for video cameras. Its proprietary Digital Pixel System® technology transforms traditional imaging by allowing each pixel to function as an individual camera, continuously adjusting to varying highlights and lowlights within the same scene. This innovative approach enables Pixim's cameras to capture images with superior resolution, natural colors, and clarity, while effectively reducing visual noise such as glare and reflections. The company’s products include digital image sensors, processors, and software that cater to a wide range of applications, including security and video surveillance, network cameras, machine vision, and automotive systems. By providing high-quality imaging solutions, Pixim delivers accurate and actionable information, enhancing users' confidence in their visual data.

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.

Silicon Architects

Acquisition in 1999
Silicon Architects is a privately held company develops structured ASIC Methodology is ideal for complex integrated circuits with multiple memories, data paths and random logic.

Smartech Oy

Acquisition in 1999
Smartech Oy (Tampere), an independent provider of system-on-a-chip (SOC) designservices.

Everest Design Automation

Acquisition in 1998
Everest Design Automation is a privately held shape-based, top-level-routing technology targeted at handling the complexities of SOC.

EPIC Design Technology

Acquisition in 1997
EPIC Design Technology, Inc. provides a family of simulation and analysis tools to help designers manage the timing, power characteristics and reliability of a broad range of deep submicron and nanometer ICs. EPIC tools analyzed power, timing, and reliability problems in ASIC, structured, and full-custom ICs.

Advanced Test Technology

Acquisition in 1997
Advanced Test Technology, Inc. is a privately held comapny provides an ATPG products.

Arcad SA

Acquisition in 1994
Arcad SA is a privately held company specializes in VHDL models for telecommunications standards.

Cadis GmbH

Acquisition in 1994
CADIS GmbH of Aachen, Germany, an innovative company specializing in digital signal processing (DSP) design. CADIS was acquired for approximately $4 million, in a strategic move to take Synopsis into the digital signal processing market with second generation technology.

Compiled Designs GmbH

Acquisition in 1993
Compiled Designs is a privately held company provides VHDL modeling and simulation services. Compiled Designs GmbH is based in Munich, Germany.
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