List of EDA companies

A list of electronic design automation (EDA) companies.

Existing companies

Company	EDA products
Agnisys, Inc.	IDesignSpec Register Management tool ISequenceSpec Portable Sequence Generator IVerifySpec Verification Management tool DVinsight Editor and Checker for SV, UVM ARV(Automatic Register Verification)
Aldec, Inc.	Active-HDL Riviera-PRO ALINT Spec-TRACER
Altera	Altera Quartus
Altium	Altium Designer (Formerly Protel) PCB Design Circuit Simulation Altium Designer - PCB Design software, Schematic Capture and Circuit Simulation Altium Vault - Design Data Management Solution PDN Analyzer - Power Distribution and Network Analysis (A/C) CircuitStudio - easy-to-use PCB design tool CircuitMaker - free community-driven PCB design tool for makers SOLIDWORKS PCB Connector - OEM Product provides link from AD to you MCAD environment in SOLIDWORKS EDA Connect - Direct Link Between Altium Environment & Enterprise PLM P-CAD (Ceased. Former Accel EDA from Accel Technologies)
Ansys	Ansoft HFSS - High-Frequency Structure Simulation Apache Design, Inc. products: PowerArtist: RTL Design for Power Platform RedHawk: Full-chip Dynamic SoC Power Integrity Solution Totem: Analog and Mixed-Signal Power & Noise Platform Sentinel: Chip-Package-System Co-design/Co-analysis Solution PathFinder: Layout-based ESD Integrity Solution
Austemper Design Systems Inc	SafetyScope: Computes the FIT rates and diagnostic coverage metrics for permanent and transient faults Annealer: Safety synthesis tools for adding error correcting codes (ECC), error detection codes (EDC), block level duplication or triple instances or design. RadioScope: Safety synthesis tools for adding ECC or EDC to banks of flops, duplication of critical sections of the design, addition of illegal condition checks. KaleidoScope: Fault campaign tool capable of fault propagation and disposition of injected faults into detected, safe and undetected faults.
EMWorks	HFWorks: High Frequency Electromagnetic Simulator EMS: Low Frequency Electromagnetic Simulator
Cadence Design Systems	System Development Suite with Verification Computing Platform, Virtual System Platform, Incisive Verification Platform, and Rapid Prototyping Platform C-to-Silicon Verification IP Catalog Design IP Chip Planning Solution Virtuoso - IC Artist Virtuoso - IC Layout Virtuoso - Layout Migrate Innovus - Digital IC design Encounter - Digital IC design Encounter - Conformal-LEC Encounter - Conformal Low Power Encounter - Conformal ECO Designer Encounter - Conformal Constraint Designer Encounter - RTL Compiler Encounter - RTL Compiler Physical Encounter - Test ATPG Encounter - Test Diagnostics Encounter - Design Implementation Encounter - QRC (Extraction & Checking) Encounter - Nanoroute Allegro - PC/MCM design Incisive - functional verification Design for Manufacturing SPECCTRA Autorouter OrCAD PSpice Denali Software products Spectra PureSpec MMAV Databahn Blueprint Sigrity products OptimizePI PowerDC XtractIM PowerSI Broadband SPICE SPEED2000 Channel Designer XcitePI OrbitIO Planner Unified Package Designer (UPD) acquired from Synopsys Forte Design Systems products Cynthesizer
CadSoft Computer	EAGLE - PCB Design
EasyEDA	Schematic capture SPICE simulation PCB layout
DAFCA	ClearBlue
DEX 2020	AutoTRAX DEX Autotrax
Dolphin Integration	SLED - Schematic entry and netlisting SMASH - Mixed-signal, mixed-language modeling and simulation SCROOGE TLA - Mixed-signal power consumption estimation SoC GDS - Layout viewer and processor GDS Reticle - Test pattern frame generator
EasyLogix - Schindler & Schill GmbH	PCB-Investigator - Professional ECAD Workstation for PCB development GerberLogix - Free Gerber Viewer Online-Gerber-Viewer - Free Gerber Viewer (no installation required)
Eremex	TopoR - topological router for printed circuit boards laid out in any compatible systems that use the PCAD ASCII PCB, PADS ASCII PCB or DSN format SimOne - circuit simulation (the basic circuit analyses common to SPICE modeling systems + stability analysis) Delta Design - software tool for electronic design automation (EDA)
Ferrochip	Design Studio - Integrated Magnetics EDA Tool
gEDA	gschem: schematics editor pcb: PCB layout editor gerbv: Gerber file viewer
Ing.-Büro FRIEDRICH	TARGET 3001! PCB Layout CAD Software Schematic editor Simulation PSpice compliant PCB design Front panel design SQL component database 3D model design, STEP Import, STEP Export PCB assembly price calculator Electra: High speed auto router COMPONIVERSE: A component exchange MID Design
Intellitech	Nebula Silicon Debugger - Interactive program which connects to Synopsys VCS and Cadence Design Systems NCSim for pre-silicon validation with cross-reference during connection to real silicon
Intercept Technology Inc	Pantheon - PCB, RF and Hybrid layout application with manufacture verification Mozaix - Schematic entry Indx - Library management Windows and Linux platforms
Invionics	Invio Custom EDA Tool Platform - Platform that allows IC developers to quickly build custom EDA tools in tcl or Python that parse, explore and manipulate Verilog, SystemVerilog and VHDL
JEDA Technologies	C/C++/SystemC Model Validation Tool Suite OCP Validation Suite TLM2.0 Validation Suite
Keysight Technologies EEsof EDA division	Platforms: Advanced Design System – high frequency and high speed design EMPro (formerly Antenna Modeling Design System) - 3D EM platform GoldenGate (supersedes RF Design Environment) - RFIC/RF mixed signal simulator (Xpedion acquisition) IC-CAP, Model Builder Program (MBP), Model Quality Assurance (MQA), Advanced Model Analysis (AMA) - Device modeling and validation (all but IC-CAP from Accelicon acquisition) Genesys - RF and microwave design (Eagleware-Elanix acquisition) SystemVue - Electronic system-level design (Eagleware-Elanix acquisition) EM solvers: Momentum – 3D planar, frequency domain, available with the ADS, Genesys, and GoldenGate platforms FEM Element – full 3D, frequency domain, available with the ADS and EMPro platforms FDTD – full 3D, time domain, available with the EMPro platform
KiCad (GPL)	eeschema - schematic capture PCBnew - PCB layout gerbview - Gerber viewer
Labcenter Electronics Ltd	Proteus Design Suite comprising modules for: Schematic Capture PCB Layout Mixed mode SPICE circuit simulation Micro-controller / Embedded Systems Simulation
Lauterbach	in-circuit debuggers (JTAG and non-JTAG) with optional trace functionality in-circuit emulators front-ends to debug virtual platforms for embedded software development (ESL)
Mentor Graphics	ADiT - Nanometer IC Design: fast SPICE Questa ADMS - Nanometer IC 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 - Nanometer IC Design Eldo - Nanometer IC Design: SPICE simulator Eldo RF - Nanometer IC Design: SPICE simulator Expedition - PCB design software IP - intellectual property (now part of embedded systems division) ModelSim LE - Nanometer IC Design: digital design and simulation; Linux-based simulator with Dataflow Window and Waveform Compare ModelSim PE - Nanometer IC Design: digital design and simulation; Windows-based simulator for VHDL, Verilog, or mixed-language simulation environments ModelSim SE - Nanometer IC Design: digital design and simulation; tri-lingual simulator with VHDL, Verilog, and SystemC Nimbic products^[1] Nucleus EDGE - embedded systems development tools Inflexion - embedded systems application platform tools Nucleus OS - embedded systems OS Olympus-SoC - place and route 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 - digital and mixed-signal simulation System Architect - ESL Design: system analysis SystemVision - Mechatronic Design: system analysis Tessent suite for test Tessent TestKompress Tessent BoundaryScan Tessent FastScan Tessent IJTAG Tessent LogicBIST Tessent Scan/ScanPro Vista - ESL Design: system debug Visual Elite - ESL Design: system integration Veloce/Veloce2 - high speed, high capacity SoC emulation Through LogicVision Acquisition Dragonfly - Embedded test IP insertion tool for logic, memory and mixed-signal testing Silicon Insight - Interactive program that works with 3rd party testers for controlling and logging of data on the device for at-speed testing Yield Insight - Yield analysis program which looks at foundry and performance data to diagnose possible problems
VisualSim Architect (Mirabilis Design Inc)	Systems Specification and Design Hardware Design Software Validation Power Exploration
NanGate	Library Creator - Standard Cell Library Platform (IP creation and migration) Design Optimizer - Concurrent analysis and optimization of design, constraints and libraries Design Services - Standard Cell Library IP and Performance Extension IP
National Instruments	National Instruments Electronics Workbench Group NI Multisim - schematic capture and simulation NI Ultiboard - printed circuit board layout editor AWR Corporation products
POLYTEDA LLC	PowerDRC/LVS
Pulsonix	Pulsonix Pulsonix Schematic Capture Pulsonix Advanced PCB Layout Embedded Component Technology Flexi-rigid Circuit Design Chip-on-board Design Spice Mixed Mode A/D Simulation Constraints Driven Interactive High Speed Design Shape Based Autorouter Product Life Management(PLM) Interface Corporate Database Connection Interface 3D View
Silvaco International	Analog & mixed signal Utmost III - Device characterization and modeling Utmost IV - Device Characterization and SPICE Modeling Spayn - Statistical Parameter and Yield Analysis Gateway - Schematic Editor SmartSpice - Analog Circuit Simulator SmartSpiceRF - Frequency and time domain RF circuit simulator Harmony - Analog/Mixed-Signal Simulator Custom IC CAD Expert - Layout Editor Guardian - DRC/LVS/NET Physical Verification Hipex - Full-Chip Parasitic Extraction Interconnect modeling Quest - 3D RF Passive Device Modeling Clever - RC Extractor for Realistic 3D Structures Stellar - 3D Physics-Based RC Extractor for Large Cells Exact - Full Chip LPE Rule File Generator Digital CAD Silos - Verilog Simulator HyperFault - Mixed-Level Fault Simulator AccuCell - Cell Characterization and Modeling AccuCore - Block Characterization, Modeling and STA Catalyst AD - SPICE Netlist to Verilog Gates Converter Catalyst DA - Verilog Netlist to SPICE Netlist Converter Spider - Place and Route Design Flow
Solido Design Automation	Variation Designer - variation-aware design of custom integrated circuits Fast PVT—verify against process, voltage, and temperature corners Fast Monte Carlo—verification against 3-sigma process (statistical) variation High-Sigma Monte Carlo—verification against high-sigma process (statistical) variation Cell Optimizer—automated sizing of custom ICs
Synopsys, Inc.	Astro - place and route Cosmos Scope Custom Designer Design Compiler DFT Compiler DFTMAX compression Formality Hercules - physical verification HSIM HSPICE IC Compiler - place and route IC Validator NANOSIM Physical Compiler Proteus OPC Protocol Analyzer (debugging tool) PrimeTime - static timing analysis Saber Sentaurus TCAD Spice explorer Star-RCXT Synphony C Compiler - high-level synthesis TetraMAX ATPG VCS VIP XA Yield Explorer - yield management
Teklatech A/S	FloorDirector - Dynamic SoC backend Power Integrity Solution Dynamic SoC Power Integrity optimization Timing optimization Routability optimization for 16nm, 10nm and 7nm
Ucamco	Develops the Gerber format, PCB CAM software
Upverter, Inc.	Schematic Capture PCB Layout System Design Tool
Xilinx	ISE Design Suite Vivado
Zuken, Inc.	Cabling Designer Cadstar CR-5000 CR-8000 Visula

Defunct EDA companies

EDA companies that no longer exist (as of 2011)
Analog Design Automation	acquired by Synopsys Inc.^[2] in 2004 Creative Genius - Automated sizing of analog integrated circuits IP Explorer - High-dimensional visualization of analog performance tradeoffs
Ansoft Corporation	acquired by Ansys Inc.
Applied Wave Research	acquired by National Instruments Microwave Office Analog Office Visual System Simulator APLAC AXIEM
Automated Systems, Inc.	acquired by Cadence Design Systems^[3] in 1990 PRANCE GT - Placement, Routing and Numerical Control Editing for PCB design and layout
Avant! Corporation	acquired by Synopsys^[4] in 2002. Avant! itself resulted from the merger of ArcSys and Integrated Silicon Systems on November 27, 1995. It acquired Anagram on September 27, 1996, Meta-Software on October 29, 1996, FrontLine Design Automation on November 27, 1996 and Nexsyn Design Technology on December 31, 1996.^[5]
Azuro	acquired by Cadence^[6] in 2011 PowerCentric - Clock tree synthesis and automatic clock gating Rubix - Physical optimization and automatic useful skew
Calma	merged into Valid, then Cadence Design Systems^[7]
Ciranova	Acquired by Synopsys^[8] in July 2012.
CoFluent Design	acquired by Intel^[9] in 2011. CoFluent Studio CoFluent Reader
Coware	acquired by Synopsys in March 2010
Daisy Systems	merged with Cadnetix in 1988
Denali Software	acquired by Cadence Design Systems in Q2 of 2010
ECAD, Inc.	merged with SDA Systems in 1987 to create Cadence
Forte Design Systems	acquired by Cadence Design Systems^[10] in 2014 Cynthesizer
Gateway Design Automation	acquired by Cadence Design Systems in 1989 Verilog HDL Verilog-XL
Ikos Systems	acquired by Mentor Graphics in 2002 NSIM - gate-level simulation accelerator HW Gemini - Verilog simulation accelerator product Voyager - VHDL simulation accelerator product
Interactive Image Technologies or Electronics Workbench	acquired by National Instruments in 2005
LogicVision Inc.	acquired by Mentor Graphics in 2009
Magma Design Automation, Inc.	acquired by Synopsys in 2012
Nimbic, Inc. (formerly Physware)	acquired by Mentor in 2014^[1]
OrCAD	acquired by Cadence in 1999
Protel	renamed as Altium
SpringSoft, Inc.	acquired by Synopsys^[11] Verdi - automated debug system Debussy - debug modules Siloti - visibility enhancement solutions Certitude - Functional Qualification System Laker - Custom Layout System
Synplicity	acquired by Synopsys^[12]
Valid Logic Systems	merged into Cadence^[13]

References

1 2 "Mentor Graphics Acquires Nimbic, Inc.". mentor.com (Press release). May 20, 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
↑ "COMPANY NEWS; Cadence Acquires Software Company". EE Times. 2004-01-28. Retrieved 2014-09-25.
↑ "COMPANY NEWS; Cadence Acquires Software Company". The New York Times. 1990-04-11. Retrieved 2013-07-01.
↑ "Synopsys to acquire Avanti for $830 million". EETimes.com. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ AVANT CORP IPO filing at EDGAR
↑ "Cadence acquires power specialist Azuro". EETimes. July 12, 2011. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
↑ Carl Machover (1998). "About This Issue". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 20 (2): 3–6.
↑ "Vision fulfilled: SNPS acquires Ciranova". EDACafe.com. 2012-08-01. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
↑ "Updated: Intel acquires ESL firm CoFluent". EETimes.com. 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
↑ Cadence press release: Cadence to Enhance High-Level Synthesis Offering with Acquisition of Forte Design Systems
↑ "Synopsys to buy SpringSoft for $406 million". Eetimes.com. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
↑ "Synopsys acquires Synplicity-What does it mean?". Eetimes.com. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
↑ "EDA Innovation through Merger and Acquisitions". 0.edacafe.com. 2006-05-22. Retrieved 2010-05-07.

External links

List of EDA mergers and acquisitions at SemiWiki.com

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List of EDA companies

Existing companies

Defunct EDA companies

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