Synopsys completed the acquisition of EDA vendor Ciranova

Published:2012/7/31 0:52:00 Author:Ecco From:SeekIC

According to Synopsys Inc., an EDA and IP vendor, it completed the acquisition of EDA tool vendor Ciranova Inc. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed on Monday (July 30).

Established in 2003, Ciranova is specialized in analog and mixed-signal IC layout tools. The company is focused on delivering productivity improvements in custom IC design by reducing the time and effort needed to develop transistor-level layout on advanced nodes.

Synopsys (Mountain View, Calif.) said it would use Ciranova’s technology to promote its custom IC design tools and enable design teams to better meet the productivity challenges created by the complexity of nanometer designs.

Both Synopsys and Ciranova were founding members of the Interoperable PDK Libraries (IPL) Alliance—an industry standard organization established to develop an interoperable eco-system for custom design. The purchase of Ciranova underscores Synopsys’ commitment to enabling an interoperable process design kit ecosystem.

Chip makers and the EDA community have been trying to achieve the objectives PDKs open for many years. Some EDA companies, especially Cadence Design Systems Inc., have refused to join the IPL Appliance, viewing it as a competitive threat to its own proprietary format.

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