List of EDA companies

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A comprehensive list of electronic design automation (EDA) Companies can be compiled from lists of vendors-exhibitors of DAC (Design Automation Conference) held yearly for more than 30 years. EDA Companies that no longer exist (merged or died) are now listed in a separate category at the end of this page.

[edit] Existing companies

Existing EDA companies (as of 2006)
Company EDA product(s) Notes
Agilent Technologies
Aldec, Inc.
  • ActiveHDL
  • Riviera
Altium
  • Altium Designer (Step up from Protel)
  • P-CAD
  • Autotrax
Ansoft Corporation HFSS (High-Frequency Structure Simulation)
AWR Corporation
  • Analog Office - RFIC Design
  • Microwave Office - RF and Microwave Circuit Design
  • VSS - Communication System Simulation (ESDA)
Azuro ?
Bluespec, Inc. ?
Cadence Design Systems
  • Virtuoso - IC layout
  • Encounter - Digital IC design
  • Allegro - PC/MCM design
  • Incisive - functional verification
  • Design for Manufacturing
Denali Software, Inc.
  • Spectra
  • PureSpec
  • MMAV
  • Databahn
  • Blueprint
Impulse Accelerated Technologies

C compiler tools for FPGA devices
Ing.-Buero FRIEDRICH

TARGET 3001!

  • PCB, ASIC and Cable Harness Design
  • Schematics Design
  • Spice Simulation
  • EMC Check
  • Autoplacer
  • Autorouter
  • CAM Tools
  • Isolation Milling
  • Component Management System
  • Variant Design
  • English, German and French User Interface with Multilanguage Documentation
LogicVision, Inc. ?
Magma Design Automation, Inc.
  • QuickCap
  • Blast Fusion
  • Finesim
  • Talus
Mentor Graphics
  • ADiT - (IC Nanometer Design: fast SPICE)
  • ADVance MS - (IC Nanometer Design: mixed-signal simulator)
  • Board Station - (PCB design software)
  • Calibre - (physical verification)
  • Catapult Synthesis - (ESL Design: high-level synthesis)
  • Catapult Library Builder - (ESL Design: high-level synthesis)
  • Design Architect-IC - (IC Nanometer Design)
  • Eldo - (IC Nanometer Design: SPICE simulator)
  • Eldo RF - (IC Nanometer Design: SPICE simulator)
  • Expedition - (PCB design software)
  • IP - (intellectual property now part of embedded systems division)
  • ModelSim LE - (IC Nanometer Design: digital design and simulation. Linux-based simulator with Dataflow Window and Waveform Compare.)
  • ModelSim PE - (IC Nanometer Design: digital design and simulation. Windows-based simulator for VHDL, Verilog, or mixed-language simulation environments.)
  • ModelSim SE - (IC Nanometer Design: digital design and simulation. Tri-lingual simulator with VHDL, Verilog, and SystemC.)
  • Nucleus EDGE - (embedded systems development tools)
  • Inflexion - (embedded systems application platform tools)
  • Nucleus OS - (embedded systems OS)
  • PADS - (PCB design software)
  • Platform Express Professional - (ESL Design: platform-based design)
  • Platform Express Integrator's Kit - (ESL Design: platform-based design)
  • Platform Express Client - (ESL Design: platform-based design)
  • Questa -
  • System Architect - (ESL Design: system analysis)
  • Vista - (ESL Design: system debug)
  • Visual Elite - (ESL Design: system integration)
MOSIS ?
Nallatech ?
Novas Software, Inc.
  • Verdi automated debug system
  • Debussy debug modules
  • Siloti visibility enhancement solutions
Silvaco International TCAD process and device simulation
Simucad Design Automation, Inc.
  • Analog & mixed signal
  • Custom IC CAD
  • Interconnect modeling
  • Digital CAD
Synopsys, Inc.
  • Design Compiler
  • DFT Compiler
  • TetraMax ATPG
  • Hercules - physical verification
  • Physical Compiler
  • Astro
  • IC Compiler
  • VCS
Synplicity, Inc.
  • FPGA Solutions
  • DSP Solutions
  • ASIC Verification Solutions
Zuken Inc.
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[edit] EDA Companies that no longer exist

EDA companies that no longer exist (as of 2006)
Avant! Corporation
  • Apollo
  • Hercules
  • H-SPICE
  • StarRC

merged into Synopsys[1] in 2002
Calma ? merged into Valid, then Cadence Design Systems[2]
Daisy Systems
ECAD, Inc. Dracula - DRC merged with SDA Systems in 1987 to create Cadence
Protel ? renamed as Altium
Valid Logic Systems ? merged into Cadence[3]

[edit] References

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  1. ^ EETimes.com - Synopsys to acquire Avanti for $830 million
  2. ^ Carl Machover (1998). "About This Issue". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing 20 (2): 3-6. 
  3. ^ EDA Innovation through Merger and Acquisitions
  • The list of existing companies was compiled partly from the 2006-DAC exhibitor's list.