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Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS (http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/SummaryQuote.asp?symbol=SNPS&selected=SNPS)) is one of the three largest competitors in the electronic design automation industry, founded in 1986 and headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Synopsys' most well-known (and first) product is Design Compiler. Synopsys offers a wide range of other products used in the design of an Application-specific integrated circuit including place and route software, and Verilog and VHDL simulators. The simulators include a powerful debugging environment which assists in the design of the logic for chips and computer systems.
History
The company was founded in 1986 as Optimal Solutions by Dr. Aart J. de Geus and a team of engineers from General Electric's Microelectronics Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. Since then it went through a series of acquisitions, the most significant being that of Avanti Corporation, which was the #4 company in the EDA industry at that time.
Acquisitions, mergers, spinoffs
- 1997: acquired Viewlogic Systems, Inc., USA
- 2002: merger with Avanti Corporation, USA
- February 23, 2004: acquired Accelerant Networks, USA
- February 26, 2004: acquired Analog Design Automation, Inc., USA
- October 2004: acquired assets of Monterey Design Systems, Inc., USA (Note: a development division in Armenia)
- October 2004: acquired Cascade Semiconductor Solutions Inc., USA
- October 2004: acquired Integrated Systems Engineering AG (ISE), Switzerland, a TCAD company.
- November 2, 2004: acquired assets of LEDA Design, Inc., USA, a developer of mixed-signal intellectual property. (Note: a development division in Armenia)
- December 1, 2004: agreement to acquire Nassda Corp., USA, an intergated circuit simulator company and settle the litigation between the two companies
Finance
- Fiscal year 2003
- Revenue: 1.18B
- Employees:4,408
- Chairman & CeO: Aart J. de Geus
- President & CEO: Chi-Foon Chan
Notable persons
External links
Synopsys homepage (http://www.synopsys.com/)
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