Ultimately this resulted in an asset sale, Cline said. A spokesperson for Synopsys emphasized that the deal involves Synfora's high-level synthesis tool as well as other select assets, including a “really strong” engineering team.īrett Cline, vice president of marketing and sales at Forte Design Systems, one of the market leaders in high-level synthesis, said Synfora has not been competitive with the rest of the high-level synthesis market for some time due to its ANSI-C based technology, which he said has some fundamental limitations and is primarily focused on prototyping as opposed to real hardware design. Synopsys did not breakdown the specifics of the acquisition or say how many Synfora employees would join the company as a result of the deal. “This acquisition adds proven C/C++ high-level synthesis technology to our system-level solutions portfolio and broadens Synopsys' comprehensive solutions for block creation and optimization,” said Joachim Kunkel, senior vice president and general manager of the Solutions Group at Synopsys, in a statement.
Synopsys said the deal would strengthen its position in system-level design and verification and enhance the company's FPGA-based prototyping solutions. Synfora (Mountain View) provides C/C++ high-level synthesis tools used to design complex systems-on-chips (SoCs) and FPGAs. The financial terms of the deal, which closed Thursday, were not disclosed.Įarlier Thursday, Synopsys (Mountain View, Calif.) said it signed a definitive agreement to acquire IP provider Virage Logic Inc. said Thursday (June 10) it has acquired technology, engineering resources and other assets of high-level synthesis EDA vendor Synfora Inc. Learn more at FRANCISCOIn its second major acquisition announcement of the day, EDA and IP vendor Synopsys Inc.
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As the world's 15th largest software company, Synopsys has a long history of being a global leader in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP and is also growing its leadership in software security and quality solutions. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the Silicon to Software ™ partner for innovative companies developing the electronic products and software applications we rely on every day. This acquisition now gives us the opportunity to accelerate the application of this critical technology to address the challenges in technology development of advanced process nodes." Howard Ko, general manager of Synopsys' Silicon Engineering Group "Over the past year, we have worked closely with our customers to define links between our Sentaurus ™ TCAD tools and the atomistic modeling of materials with the QuantumWise tools. "The QuantumWise technology is a key component of our DTCO solution as it enables the systematic evaluation of new materials by providing TCAD models in the very early stages of technology research before wafers are available," said Dr. The terms of the deal, which is not material to Synopsys financials, have not been disclosed. The QuantumWise tools simulate the properties of materials based on fundamental quantum mechanical theories to improve product performance across many applications, including semiconductors and electronics. With this acquisition, Synopsys will enhance its support of semiconductor manufacturers who are evaluating a wide variety of new materials to extend Moore's law and develop novel memories.įounded in 2008, QuantumWise is a leading supplier of software tools for atomic-scale modeling of materials, with more than 400 commercial and academic customers worldwide. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced it has completed its acquisition of QuantumWise, a leading provider of simulation tools for materials modeling in early manufacturing process development. Solution will contribute to creation of higher-quality early Process Design Kits (PDKs) for Design-Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO).Integration with Synopsys' Sentaurus TCAD will provide seamless flow from materials to transistor by creating models for TCAD process and device simulation.Rigorous modeling of materials provides semiconductor manufacturers the ability to evaluate the impact of new materials on transistor performance in the early phases of technology research, before wafers are available.QuantumWise solution reduces time and cost by enabling earlier co-optimization of materials, processes, devices, and circuits for 5nm and beyond.
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