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Three big in EDA industry, Synopsys, Cadence and Mentor, right? Magma will be the fourth big one though it's relatively small now. --philewar 13:31, 25 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Well, the EDA market has always been in an oligopoly situation. Magma might be one of the top players in future, but I think that currently they are about one fourth of Mentor's size. jni 12:44, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

I get the term "oligopoly" as a sad joke. The problem is that the whole EDA market (around $4B as of 2004 and no chance of significant growth of demand) simply cannot "feed" more big guns. Not to say that it is "brain-intensive". To write a good EDA tool takes much more guts than an internet cookie-cutter portal or yet another bean counter. In particular, the only real chance for Magma to grow is to "steal" a cut from the big troika, which will vigorously object, of course. Mikkalai 17:33, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

After the recent post-merger slide of Synopsys from an impressive market cap of 4.6B, the players stand as follows (10/08/2004)

CDN 3.53B (past year slid from $19/share to $14/share)

SNPS 2.45B (past year slid from $36/share to $15/share)

MENT 0.81B (past year slid from $18/share to $12/share)

LAVA 0.47B (past year slid from $28/share to $14/share)

For comparison, some other industries

MSFT: 306.B microsoft BA: 42.5B boeing WMT 224B Wal-mart UMC 11B United microelectronics SUNW 14B Sun micro INTC 133B Intel

You look more yourself. Revenue/profit comparisons are even more pitiful. So the "bigs" in EDA are dwarfs in USA. Mikkalai 17:33, 8 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Avanti acquisition

The form of acquisition is merger. SEC fililng. June 6, 2002:

Item 5. Other Events.
On June 6, 2002, Synopsys, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Synopsys"), completed its acquisition of Avant! Corporation, a Delaware corporation ("Avant!"), through the merger (the "Merger") of Avant! with and into Maple Forest Acquisition L.L.C. ("Maple Forest"), a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Synopsys, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of December 3, 2001, as amended, by and among Synopsys, Maple Forest and Avant! (the "Merger Agreement").
Under the terms of the Merger Agreement, former Avant! stockholders have the right to receive 0.371 of a Synopsys common share for each former Avant! common share (plus cash in lieu of fractional shares). As of June 6, 2002, former Avant! stockholders have the right to receive approximately 14.5 million shares of Synopsys. In addition, holders of former Avant! stock options are collectively entitled to receive up to approximately 2.3 million additional Synopsys common shares upon the exercise of such stock options from time to time in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof.
Further information about the Merger, including the full text of the Merger Agreement, is available in Synopsys' proxy statement/prospectus dated May 2, 2002.
Synopsys stockholders approved the issuance of the Synopsys common shares in the Merger at the annual meeting of Synopsys stockholders held on June 4, 2002.
A copy of the press release announcing the completion of the Merger is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.