Industry News (2012/08/05)
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Synopsys agree to buy SpringSoft for $406 million
Published:2012/8/5 23:04:00 Author:Ecco
It is reported that EDA software leader Synopsys Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) has signed the agreement to purchase IC debug and verification software company SpringSoft Inc. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) for $406 million, or approximately $305 million net of cash acquired. In November 2011, the company announced a deal to acquire Magma Design Automation Inc. for about $500 million and last month Synopsys moved to pic... (View)
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The global chip sales of June keep soft on U.S. weakness
Published:2012/8/5 21:19:00 Author:Ecco
According to the Semiconductor Industry Association, the worldwide sales of semiconductors got a three-month average of $24.38 billion in June for the month of June 2012, a decrease of 0.1 percent from the prior month when... (View)
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