Synopsys

MorethanIP, founded in 2000 in Munich, Germany, is a privately owned design and intellectual property (IP) house specializing in advanced ASIC solutions for Ethernet networking technologies. The company focuses on high-speed communications and embedded system devices tailored for telecom, datacom, and industrial applications. MorethanIP develops customized IP for multi-gigabit high-speed applications, allowing clients to effectively balance their time-to-market and cost considerations. With a foundation built by experienced telecommunication engineers, MorethanIP has established itself as a profitable entity in the technology sector.

Established in 2005 Moortec provides compelling embedded subsystem IP solutions for Process, Voltage & Temperature (PVT) monitoring, targeting advanced node CMOS technologies from 40nm down to 7nm. Moortec’s in-chip sensing solutions support the semiconductor design community’s demands for increased device reliability and enhanced performance optimization, enabling schemes such as DVFS, AVS and power management control systems. Moortec provides excellent support for IP application, integration and device test during production. Moortec Semiconductor is a privately held company, headquartered in Plymouth, United Kingdom.

Terrain EDA (Electronic Design Automation) was founded in March 2016 by Gilad Tal (CEO) and Dror Brill (CTO) along with Eli Fruchter, formerly the founder and CEO of EZchip and LANOptics, as BOD Chairman. Their team consists of veterans of the semiconductors industry, with vast experience in both chip design and verification. Their mission is to revolutionize chip design & verification flow, making it substantially more autonomous and efficient. Terrain EDA is an Israeli based company. Its headquarters are located in Yokneam, in the Valley of Jezreel. The beta version of VerIDE, our first product, was first released in August 2016. VerIDE was officially launched in January 2019.

Kilopass Technology develops an advanced embedded non-volatile memory (NVM) technology, manufactured in standard logic CMOS processes

Leading developer of silicon-proven embedded NVM (non-volatile memory) intellectual property (IP). Sidense's patented one-time programmable OTP memory and logic NVM enables a wide range of electronic products.

QuantumWise A/S specializes in developing commercial software for atomic-scale modeling of nanostructures, catering to companies, government laboratories, and universities globally. The company's flagship products include the Atomistix ToolKit, which serves various applications in nanoscience, such as interface studies, graphene and nanotube research, and spintronics, as well as the Virtual NanoLab, a user-friendly graphical interface. QuantumWise, founded in 2003 and based in Copenhagen, Denmark, offers technical support and assistance services and distributes its products through various channels. It operates internationally, with a presence in Japan, Singapore, and the United States. In 2008, the company rebranded from Atomistix A/S to QuantumWise A/S and is currently a subsidiary of Synopsys, Inc.

Gold Standard Simulations Ltd. specializes in providing variability simulation tools tailored for the semiconductor industry. The company offers a range of products designed to enhance Design Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO), including Enigma, which serves as an automation and productivity framework that integrates technology computer-aided design (TCAD) at the transistor level with circuit simulations. Other tools include Mystic, a statistical compact model extractor; RandomSpice, a statistical circuit simulator; GARAND, a statistical 3D TCAD simulator; and ConnecTCAD, a 3D interconnect simulator for analyzing resistances and capacitances in CMOS technologies. Additionally, Gold Standard Simulations provides educational courses 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. as of 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.

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 specializes in providing design efficiency solutions for the semiconductor and consumer electronics industries through its SpyGlass Predictive Analysis software platform. This patented technology offers early insights into the performance, power, and area requirements of complex system-on-chips (SoCs). By enabling design engineers and managers to identify the most efficient and cost-effective pathways for SoC implementation, SpyGlass significantly reduces risk and costs prior to the deployment of traditional electronic design automation (EDA) tools. Atrenta's solutions are trusted by over two hundred companies and thousands of design engineers globally, positioning the company as a key player in the electronic systems sector.

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.

Synopsis is a software company that designs and develops silicon to software systems and solutions for its clients. It offers automotive, IoT, FinFET, and power-saving services to its clients. In addition, they offer verification, IP, prototyping, software integrity, methodology consulting, design flow deployment, SoC integration and verification, and physical prototyping services. Synopsis was founded in 2012 and is based in California.

Ciranova, Inc. operates as an electronic design automation company. It focuses on building interoperable tools for custom chip designers to create new and/or migrate legacy analog IP. It offers products, such as PyCell Studio, which helps designers reduce the time and cost of PCell and layout generator creation for deep submicron processes; and PCell Xtreme, which enables the migration of PCells created in proprietary languages into multi-vendor OpenAccess flows. It provides custom layout generator development, Python code development consulting, custom layout consulting, and analog and mixed signal design services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Magma Design Automation, Inc. specializes in electronic design automation (EDA) software and related services aimed at enhancing the efficiency of chip design and production. The company's software solutions assist designers in reducing the time required to develop integrated circuits used across various sectors, including communications, computing, consumer electronics, networking, and semiconductors. Magma's primary offerings include the Talus family of products, which provides a comprehensive digital integrated solution for the entire chip development cycle, from initial design to physical implementation. Additionally, the Tekton static timing analyzer and QCP extractor, along with the Quartz family of sign-off and verification tools, facilitate a unified approach to chip design and verification by streamlining previously separate processes. The Titan platform further supports custom integrated chip design by offering a cohesive solution for mixed-signal designs, thereby enhancing design accuracy and efficiency.

Ciranova, Inc. operates as an electronic design automation company. It focuses on building interoperable tools for custom chip designers to create new and/or migrate legacy analog IP. It offers products, such as PyCell Studio, which helps designers reduce the time and cost of PCell and layout generator creation for deep submicron processes; and PCell Xtreme, which enables the migration of PCells created in proprietary languages into multi-vendor OpenAccess flows. It provides custom layout generator development, Python code development consulting, custom layout consulting, and analog and mixed signal design services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Virage Logic is a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. The company's highly differentiated product portfolio includes processor solutions, interface IP solutions, embedded SRAMs and NVMs, embedded test and yield optimization solutions, logic libraries, and memory development software. As the semiconductor industry's trusted IP partner, more than 400 foundry, IDM and fabless customers rely on Virage Logic to achieve higher performance, lower power, higher density and optimal yield, as well as shorten time-to-market and time-to-volume.

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.

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

Arteris IP is a leading developer of on-chip interconnect fabric technology, specializing in Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnect intellectual property (IP) for various advanced applications, including autonomous driving, 5G, and artificial intelligence systems. Founded in 2003, Arteris pioneered the commercialization of NoC technology, establishing itself as the largest provider in this field. Its products, such as the FlexNoC Interconnect IP and Ncore Cache Coherent Interconnect IP, facilitate the development of complex systems-on-chip (SoCs) by optimizing on-chip data flow and connectivity. The company also offers innovative solutions tailored for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, including the AI Package and CodaCache Last Level Cache. Additionally, Arteris provides Resilience Packages to ensure functional safety in multibillion-transistor chips and the PIANO Timing Closure Package to address design challenges associated with chip complexity. With a strong presence in the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe, Arteris derives significant revenue from the Asia Pacific region, offering comprehensive support services to enhance SoC integration and deployment.

Gemini Design Technology, LLC designs and markets electronic design automation software for verifying analog and mixed-signal designs.

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 IP is a leading developer of on-chip interconnect fabric technology, specializing in Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnect intellectual property (IP) for various advanced applications, including autonomous driving, 5G, and artificial intelligence systems. Founded in 2003, Arteris pioneered the commercialization of NoC technology, establishing itself as the largest provider in this field. Its products, such as the FlexNoC Interconnect IP and Ncore Cache Coherent Interconnect IP, facilitate the development of complex systems-on-chip (SoCs) by optimizing on-chip data flow and connectivity. The company also offers innovative solutions tailored for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, including the AI Package and CodaCache Last Level Cache. Additionally, Arteris provides Resilience Packages to ensure functional safety in multibillion-transistor chips and the PIANO Timing Closure Package to address design challenges associated with chip complexity. With a strong presence in the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe, Arteris derives significant revenue from the Asia Pacific region, offering comprehensive support services to enhance SoC integration and deployment.

Ciranova, Inc. operates as an electronic design automation company. It focuses on building interoperable tools for custom chip designers to create new and/or migrate legacy analog IP. It offers products, such as PyCell Studio, which helps designers reduce the time and cost of PCell and layout generator creation for deep submicron processes; and PCell Xtreme, which enables the migration of PCells created in proprietary languages into multi-vendor OpenAccess flows. It provides custom layout generator development, Python code development consulting, custom layout consulting, and analog and mixed signal design services. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

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 involves in licensing patented semiconductor and wireless/wireline communications Internet protocol, as well as developing semiconductor memory technology.

Arteris IP is a leading developer of on-chip interconnect fabric technology, specializing in Network-on-Chip (NoC) interconnect intellectual property (IP) for various advanced applications, including autonomous driving, 5G, and artificial intelligence systems. Founded in 2003, Arteris pioneered the commercialization of NoC technology, establishing itself as the largest provider in this field. Its products, such as the FlexNoC Interconnect IP and Ncore Cache Coherent Interconnect IP, facilitate the development of complex systems-on-chip (SoCs) by optimizing on-chip data flow and connectivity. The company also offers innovative solutions tailored for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications, including the AI Package and CodaCache Last Level Cache. Additionally, Arteris provides Resilience Packages to ensure functional safety in multibillion-transistor chips and the PIANO Timing Closure Package to address design challenges associated with chip complexity. With a strong presence in the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe, Arteris derives significant revenue from the Asia Pacific region, offering comprehensive support services to enhance SoC integration and deployment.

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.

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 is a privately held company provides an Interface specific I/Os and SerDes IP.

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

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.

CMOS based transceivers for serial backplane communication and future broadband infrastructure semiconductor solutions. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, Accelerant delivers high-speed backplane transceivers specifically for network equipment manufacturers. The company's semiconductor solutions are targeted specifically at increasing speed, distance and reliability of line card to line card communication inside network equipment. A

MoSys, Inc. is a semiconductor company headquartered in San Jose, California, that develops and sells integrated circuits (ICs) for various high-speed applications, including cloud networking, communications, data centers, and security appliances. Established in 1991, MoSys offers memory-dominated IC products under the Bandwidth Engine and Programmable HyperSpeed Engine names, designed to address data throughput and access bottlenecks in advanced networking equipment. The company's solutions are crucial for enabling high aggregate data rates exceeding 100 Gigabits per second, thereby enhancing performance while minimizing power consumption and system complexity. MoSys serves original equipment manufacturers and various subsystem vendors through direct sales and distribution channels. Its products, particularly the Bandwidth Engine family, integrate proprietary high-density embedded memory and efficient serial interfaces, ensuring carrier-grade reliability and meeting the increasing demands for data processing in modern applications like video-on-demand and cloud computing.

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

ADA made tools for large-scale optimization of analog integrated circuits. It was founded in 1999 in Saskatoon, Canada by 6 engineers from the University of Saskatchewan. In May 1999, ADA received a $100,000 R&D grant from the National Research Council. In July 1999, ADA raised $500,000 in a seed round from Jim Hutch, John Montgomery, Ravi Maithel, Joe Vidal, Jerome Konecsni, and Mark Lemmerick. In Nov. 2000, ADA received $8 million in Series A funding from High Street Partners, Intel Capital, Royal Bank Capital Partners, and Synopsys. The Business Development Bank of Canada led ADA's Jan. 2003 Series B round, which also pulled in $8 million. The round included previous investors Royal Bank Capital Partners, Synopsys, High Street Partners, and Intel Capital. http://www.insidechips.com/public/4260print.cfm It was acquired by Synopsys Inc in 2004. http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1217489

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

Progressant Technologies develops regative differential resistance transistor technology.

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.

InnoLogic Systems is a privately held company specializing in symbolic simulation services for equivalence checking in electronic design. The company develops advanced equivalence checking technology that allows users to specify variables as inputs, enabling the simulator to propagate Boolean expressions instead of binary values. This approach provides enhanced coverage compared to traditional binary simulation methods. By offering functional verification solutions tailored for full custom silicon implementations, InnoLogic Systems helps electronic designers improve the quality of their designs while reducing verification costs.

Pixim is a hardware company specializing in the development of advanced chipsets for video cameras, utilizing its innovative Digital Pixel System® technology. This technology enhances image capture by allowing individual pixels to self-adjust to varying lighting conditions, thereby improving the overall image quality. Pixim's chipsets include digital image sensors, processors, and associated software, which are applicable across a range of industries such as security, video surveillance, machine vision, and automotive systems. By enabling cameras to capture clear, high-resolution images under diverse lighting scenarios, Pixim's solutions provide users with accurate, actionable information while minimizing visual noise such as glare and reflections.

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. is a private held company provides connectivity semiconductor intellectual property used by semiconductor and systems.

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! Corporation specializes in the development, marketing, and support of integrated circuit (IC) design automation software solutions. Their offerings encompass the entire design process, from system definition to mask synthesis, facilitating the rapid creation of complex products, including system on chip (SoC) designs. These integrated circuits are essential components in various sectors, such as consumer electronics, internet infrastructure, wireless communications, telecommunications, and automotive applications. Avant! Corporation is recognized as a leading provider of physical foundation intellectual property libraries for IC design and offers a comprehensive suite of software tools for integrated circuit design, process simulation, device modeling, and mask synthesis.

Pixim is a hardware company specializing in the development of advanced chipsets for video cameras, utilizing its innovative Digital Pixel System® technology. This technology enhances image capture by allowing individual pixels to self-adjust to varying lighting conditions, thereby improving the overall image quality. Pixim's chipsets include digital image sensors, processors, and associated software, which are applicable across a range of industries such as security, video surveillance, machine vision, and automotive systems. By enabling cameras to capture clear, high-resolution images under diverse lighting scenarios, Pixim's solutions provide users with accurate, actionable information while minimizing visual noise such as glare and reflections.

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 is a provider of an ultra-high performance chipsets for terabit routers and communication silicon to the networking and telecommunications market.

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

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 is a provider of an ultra-high performance chipsets for terabit routers and communication silicon to the networking and telecommunications market.

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 is a technology-based, intellectual property company that is turning LOTS of heads with its breakthrough memory technology.

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 is a privately held company provides custom IC layout tools for DSM.

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.

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 (Tampere), an independent provider of system-on-a-chip (SOC) designservices.

Systems Science is a privately held company that provides advanced tools for electronic design verification and test.

Logic Modeling Corporation is a provider of high-level design automation software. The company provides software simulation models and hardware modeling systems for electronic systems design.