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EDA companies come and go - at least in the past this happens very often. My proposal is to limit this page to existing or past EDA companies, but to not list companies which are not know to have a real EDA product but only interface with EDA systems. Also for every EDA company the name of their EDA products should be listed here. And finally this page should not be limited to the participants of a particular DAC conference. Comments? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Lothartklein (talk • contribs) 2006-05-12 09:06:34

I am doing some disambuating, and found that the entry for EVE pointed to a nonexistant article about Emulation Verification Engineering and/or EVE. I changed the link to point to the web page for EVE, and verified on that web page that they are an exibitor at the 2006 DAC. Gerry Ashton 18:42, 25 May 2006 (UTC)

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The majority of companies listed on this page, have no references and no products listed. If the company has no article in the wikipedia, please create a link to the company webpage. Other company names should probably be deleted. --Philippe 13:20, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

I don't think this is standard Wikipedia formatting; shouldn't we create articles for those without if they are notable, and not have external links at all?Davind 23:05, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
Wikipedia policy *requires* external links ( Wikipedia:Citing sources ).
I agree that, if a company or product *is* "notable enough for its own Wikipedia article", it should have its own article, and links on this page should go to that article.
However, I suspect many of things on this page, while notable enough to briefly mention on this page, are not notable enough to dedicate an entire Wikipedia article to them, so they should have an in-line link after them to the company web page.
That link is required by Wikipedia policy (Wikipedia:Verifiability) to allow people to double-check the information in the article.
Philippe is right -- if a company or product cannot be verified, it will (eventually) be deleted from this article.
For this particular article, the "in-line links" style mentioned in Wikipedia:Citing sources is more convenient than other approved Wikipedia styles that push the external links to the end of the article.
--68.0.120.35 16:58, 25 May 2007 (UTC)


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the major objection this page is linkfarm. On the other hand some of the redlinked companies may be notable, only there people have no time. So I am moving the whole old stuff here and removing all redlinked entries from the article . Mukadderat (talk) 23:04, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Existing companies

Existing EDA companies (as of 2006)
Company EDA product(s) Notes
ACE Associated Compiler Experts bv
  • CoSy Compiler Development System
  • SuperTest Compiler Verification Suite
Ace Verification
  • Coverage Driven Verification Training
  • Verification Leadership Seminars
  • Verification Consulting
Advanced Circuit Engineers, LLC Debug and Verification tools for probing and modifying IC wafers that have already been manufactured. See, Focused ion beam or E-beam.
Agilent Technologies
Aldec, Inc.
  • ActiveHDL
  • Riviera
Altium
  • Altium Designer (Step up from Protel)
  • P-CAD
  • Autotrax
Analog Bits Inc. ?
Anasift Technology, Inc. ?
Anchor Semiconductor, Inc. ?
Ansoft Corporation HFSS (High-Frequency Structure Simulation)
Apache Design Solutions, Inc. ?
Applied Simulation Technology ?
Applied Wave Research, Inc.
  • Analog Office
  • Visual System Simulator
  • AWR is high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) software supplier
Appro International, Inc. ?
Arithmatica, Inc.
  • CellMath Designer
  • CellMath Builder
  • CellMath Optimizer
ARM ?
Arteris

NoC Solution

  • NoCexplorer
  • NoCcompiler
  • NoCprofiler
Artwork Conversion Software, Inc. translators between EDA data formats GDSII, OASIS, CIF, Mentor, APD, PADS, Agilent EEsof, IGES, Mann and Electromask.
asicNorth, Inc. ?
ASSET InterTech, Inc. ?
Athena Design Systems ?
Atrenta, Inc.
  • SpyGlass
  • SpyGlass - CDC
  • SpyGlass - Constraints
  • SpyGlass - DFT
  • SpyGlass -LowPower
  • 1Team - Implement
  • 1Team - System
  • 1Team - Genesis
Averant, Inc. Formal Verification
  • Solidify - Formal Verification IDE
  • SolidAC - Automated Formal checker
  • SolidPC - AMBA protocols Formal checker
Avery Design Systems, Inc. ?
Axiom Design Automation Verilog Simulation and Debugging
  • MPSim - Verilog simulator with multiprocessor support
  • CTB (Compiled Testbench)
  • Multiple Clock Domain Analysis
  • Designer - Graphical Debugging
Azuro ?
Beach Solutions ?
Berkeley Design Automation, Inc.
  • Analog FastSPICE
  • RF FastSPICE
  • PLL Noise Analyzer
Blaze DFM, Inc.
Blue Pearl Software, Inc.
Bluespec, Inc. ?
Brion Technologies ?
BullDAST s.r.l. ?
CAD Design Software
  • PCB - Schematic / PCB Design Software
  • Hybrid/MCM - Hybrid / MCM Design Software
  • IC Package - IC Package Design Software
  • IC Test - IC Test Design Software
Cadence Design Systems
  • Virtuoso - IC layout
  • Encounter - Digital IC design
  • Allegro - PC/MCM design
  • Incisive - functional verification
  • Design for Manufacturing
CADvision ?
Calypto Design Systems, Inc. ?
Carbon Design Systems, Inc. ?
CAST, Inc. ?
CATS Co., Ltd. ?
CebaTech, Inc. ?
Celoxica ?
Certess, Inc.
ChipVision Design Systems AG ?
CIM-Team, a Zuken company[13]. ?
Clear Shape Technologies, Inc. ?
ClioSoft, Inc.

Design Data Management for:

  • Cadence - SOS viaDFII
  • Mentor - SOS viaICstudio
  • Silicon Canvas- SOS viaLaker
  • RTL/Misc - SOS
Cologne Chip AG ?
Concept Engineering GmbH ?
CoWare, Inc.
  • Platform Architect
  • Model Designer
  • Model Library
  • Processor Designer
  • Signal Processing Designer
  • Virtual Platform
  • Virtual Platform Designer
CRC Press - Taylor & Francis Group LLC ?
CriticalBlue ?
DAC Pavilion ?
DAFCA, Inc.
  • ClearBlue Instrumentation Studio
  • ClearBlue Silicon Validation Studio
DeFacTo Technologies ?
Denali Software, Inc.
  • Spectra
  • PureSpec
  • MMAV
  • Databahn
  • Blueprint
Design and Reuse ?
Design Workshop Technologies ?
Dini Group La Jolla, Inc. (The) ?
Dolphin Integration ?
Doulos Ltd. ?
Draco Technology, Inc. ?
Dynalith Systems Co., Ltd. ?
eInfochips, Inc. ?
Elsevier ?
EMA Design Automation, Inc. ?
Entasys Design, Inc. ?
EUROPRACTICE Software Service

Access to industry standard EDA tools for European Academic
EVE Hardware-assisted verification (Emulation and Prototyping)
  • ZeBu-XL
  • ZeBu-UF
Fintronic USA, Inc. ?
Flomerics, Inc. ?
Forte Design Systems ?
Fortelink, Inc. ?
FTL Systems, Inc. ?
GDA Technologies, Inc. ?
gEDA gschem, "pcb"
Genesys Testware, Inc. ?
Gidel Ltd. ?
Giga Scale IC, Inc. ?
Golden Gate Technology, Inc. ?
Gradient Design Automation
  • CircuitFire
Handshake Solutions
  • Tools for asynchronous design
HARDI Electronics
  • ASIC Prototyping System
  • HAPS
Heedsoft improve-TLL : transistors abstraction for functional verification
Helic S.A. ?
Hewlett-Packard Co. ?
Hometown Innovation Automation, Inc. ?
IBM ?
IC Editors, Inc. ?
IC Manage Design Data Management
Impulse Accelerated Technologies

C compiler tools for FPGA devices
Incentia Design Systems, Inc. ?
INFINISCALE ?
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
Intel Corporation ?
Intellitech Corp. ?
Internet CAD, Inc
  • iTools - place and route
Interra Systems, Inc.
  • Design Engineering
  • Design and Verification
  • CAD Flow Automation
  • Memory Development Tools
  • HDL FrontEnds
  • HDL, HVL Test Suites
  • Digital Media Test & Measurement Tools
  • CODEC IPs
Jasper Design Automation, Inc. ?
JEDA Technologies ?
KETI / IP SoC Support Center ?
Kilopass Technology, Inc. ?
Knowlent Corp. ?
Kovac Software [14] Schematic Capture, Simulation, PCB design
Labcenter Electronics, Ltd. ?
Legend Design Technology, Inc. ?
Library Technologies, Inc. ?
Liga Systems, Inc. ?
Lizotech, Inc. ?
LKSoft
LogicVision, Inc. ?
Lorentz Solution ?
Lynguent, Inc. ModLyng
Magma Design Automation, Inc.
  • QuickCap
  • Blast Fusion
  • Finesim
  • Talus
Manhattan Routing, Inc. ?
MathWorks, Inc. (The) ?
MatrixOne ?
McGraw-Hill ?
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 ?
Mechatronics Test Equipment (i) Pvt. Ltd.
  • EDA Design Solutions
  • FPGA/CPLD Development Protoboard
  • VLSI Training
Mosys, Inc. ?
MyCAD, Inc. ?
npSilicon ?
Novelics {IP companies formed by former Broadcom folks}
Nallatech ?
Nangate Inc.
Nannor Technologies, Inc. ?
Nascentric, Inc. ?
National Instruments Corp. NI Multisim
NEC Informatec Systems, Ltd. ?
nSys Design Systems, Inc.
  • nVS family of Verification IPs
  • Independent Verification
  • SystemVerilog Migration
  • ASIC/FPGA/IP design
Novas Software, Inc.
  • Verdi automated debug system
  • Debussy debug modules
  • Siloti visibility enhancement solutions
Number One Systems
  • Easy-PC
Obsidian Software, Inc. ?
OCP International Partnership ?
OEA International, Inc. ?
OneSpin Solutions GmbH
  • Advanced Formal Verification of Hardware Designs
  • 360 MV (Complete functional verification of complex module and IP)
  • 360 EC-ASIC (Equivalence Checking for ASIC design flows)
  • 360 EC-FPGA (Equivalence Checking for FPGA design flows)
OptEM Engineering, Inc. ?
Orora Design Technologies
  • Arana (Analog/RF Analysis)
  • Arsyn (Analog/RF Synthesis)
Optimal Corp. ?
PACT AG
  • Coarse-grained Reconfigurable Processing Arrays
Perception Software, Inc. EDAConnect,SymXpert
Platform Computing, Inc. ?
Polyscale Computing, Inc. ?
Ponté Solutions, Inc. ?
Powai Labs Technology Pvt. Ltd.
  • IMAGE
Prentice Hall-PTR/Pearson Education, Inc. ?
ProDesign Electronic GmbH ?
Prolific, Inc. ?
Pulsic Ltd.
  • Lyric
  • Unity
Pyxis Technology, Inc. ?
QThink ?
Quintics ?
Real Intent, Inc. ?
Reed Business Information ?
Rio Design Automation, Inc. ?
Runtime Design Automation ?
Sagantec ?
Sandwork Design, Inc. ?
Sarnoff Europe ?
Sequence Design, Inc.
Shearwater Group, Inc. (The) ?
Sierra Design Automation, Inc.
  • Pinnacle
  • Olympus-SoC
SIGDA/DAC University Booth N/A
Sigma-C, Inc. ?
Sigrity, Inc. ?
Silicon Canvas, Inc.

Laker custom design platform
Silicon Design Solutions, Inc. ?
Silicon Design Systems, Inc. ?
Silicon Integration Initiative - Si2, Inc. ?
Silicon Navigator, Inc. OpenAccess Framework and tools.
Silistix, Inc. ?
Silvaco International TCAD process and device simulation
Simantix Systems, Inc. ?
Simucad Design Automation, Inc.
  • Analog & mixed signal
  • Custom IC CAD
  • Interconnect modeling
  • Digital CAD
SoftJin Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Nirmaan
Solido Design Automation Inc.

Process variation solutions for transistor-level designers. Transistor-level designers include analog/mixed-signal, custom digital, and memory designers.

  • SolidoSTAT: Statistical variation design tool
Space Codesign
  • SpaceStudio - for exploring, debugging and analyzing hardware/software systems and for exporting them on FPGA
SpiraTech Ltd. ?
Springer ?
SpringSoft, Inc.
  • Laker
StarNet Communications ?
Static Free Software
Summit Design, Inc. ?
SynCira Corp. ?
[Synapps Software] Corp.
  • Synthesis (Verilog, VHDL, Super Verilog)
  • Static Timing Analysis
  • EDA Tool Infrastructure and Components
Synapps Solutions Ltd.
  • EMC Documentum
  • EMC Captiva
  • EMC Infoscape
  • Microsoft SharePoint
Synfora, Inc. ?
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
SynTest Technologies, Inc.
  • DFT Pro DFT insertion and ATPG package
Takumi Technology Corp. ?
Tanner EDA ?
Tarek Verification Systems
Target Compiler Technologies ?
Teklatech ?
Tenison ?
Tensilica, Inc. ?
Tera Route LLC ?
Tharas Systems, Inc. ?
TransEDA Systems Ltd. ?
True Circuits, Inc. ?
TurboTools Corporation ?
UniqueICs, LLC ?
VaST Systems Technology
  • CoMET
  • METeor
VeriEZ Solutions, Inc. ?
Verific Design Automation ?
Veritools, Inc. ?
ViASIC, Inc. ?
Virage Logic Corporation By providing a selection of silicon-proven, fully characterized IP that is tightly coupled into all the major EDA flows, Virage Logic’s IP addresses the needs of complex and mainstream SoC designs.
Visionics India Pvt. Ltd.
  • EE Designer
  • EDWinXP
  • MacroSim Digital Simulator
Western Design Center, Inc. (The) ?
Xoomsys ?
XYALIS
  • CMP dummy filling tools
  • Mask preparation tools, MPC or MPW or shuttles layout optimization
WestDev Ltd.
Y Explorations, Inc. ?
Z Circuit Automation, Inc. ?
Zeemz
  • LogicSim
Zeland Software, Inc. ?
Zuken Inc.
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[edit] EDA Companies that no longer exist

EDA companies that no longer exist (as of 2006)
Company EDA product(s) Notes
Abstract Hardware, Ltd. ?
Analog Design Automation Creative Genius, IP Explorer bought by Synopsys in 2004, Synopsys combined products into one called Circuit Explorer
Analogy ? bought by Avant!
Arkos Design Arkos — custom processor emulator (released as a Synopsys product) bought by Synopsys in 1995, [1] sold to Quickturn in 1997 [2]
Avant! Corporation
  • Apollo
  • Hercules
  • H-SPICE
  • StarRC

merged into Synopsys[3] in 2002
ArcSys merged by Avant! Corporation
Axis Systems, Inc. merged by Cadence in 2004
Barcelona Design ?
Aprio Technologies, Inc.
  • Halo

Merged with Blaze DFM in Feb 2007
CAD Language Systems, Inc. ? bought by Compass Design Automation [4]
Cadabra Design Automation
  • abraCAD
  • abraMAP
 bought by Numerical Technologies[5]
Calma ? merged into Valid, then Cadence Design Systems[6]
Chrysalis Symbolic Design, Inc. Design Verifyer, Design Insight bought by Avant! Corporation(1999)
CommandCAD, Inc. ? Bought by Cadence [7]
Compass Design Automation ? split off from VLSI Technology, Inc, then bought by Avant! Corporation[8]
Daisy Systems
Eagleware-Elanix Acquired by Agilent Technologies in 2005.
ECAD, Inc. Dracula - DRC merged with SDA Systems in 1987 to create Cadence
Hier Design Inc. planAhead Acquired by Xilinx in 2004. planAhead still supported by Xilinx.
Ikos Systems
  • Nsim — simulation accelerator
  • Vstation — emulator
 merged into Mentor Graphics[9]
Interhdl, Inc. ? bought by Avant! Corporation[10]
Incases Engineering GmbH
  • Theda
  • Comoran
  • EMC-Workbench
  • EMC-Engineer
 bought by Zuken, Inc.[11]
Innoveda ? merged with Mentor
Monterey Design Systems Dolphin and IC Wizard Ran out of money. Assets sold to Synopsys.
PiE Design Systems ? merged with Quickturn in 1993[12][13]
Praesagus, Inc. ? bought by Cadence in 2006[14]
Protel ? renamed as Altium
Router Solutions Inc ? Merged with Mentor Graphics at the end of 2006.
Racal-Redac ? bought by Zuken, Inc.[citation needed]
SDA Systems ? merged with ECAD, Inc. in 1987 to create Cadence
Viewlogic ? merged with Innoveda
TransEDA, Ltd ? assets purchased by private investors who then created TransEDA Systems, Ltd.[citation needed]
Quickturn Design Systems
  • CoBALT — custom processor emulator
  • HDL-ICE — RTL front-end
  • Mercury - emulator
  • SpeedSim - cycle-based simulator

merged with Cadence in 1998[15][16]
Valid Logic Systems ? merged into Cadence[17]
Zenasis Technologies, Inc. ? Shut down and assets bought by Open-Silicon, Inc, May 2007

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