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| Synopsys, Inc. logo | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Traded as | NASDAQ: SNPS |
| Industry | Software & Programming |
| Founded | 1986 by David Gregory, Aart de Geus |
| Headquarters | Mountain View, California, U.S. |
| Key people | Aart J. de Geus (Founder, Chairman & CEO) Chi-Foon Chan (President & COO) |
| Revenue |  $1,380.66 million USD (FY 2010)[1] |
| Net income | $237.06 million USD (FY 2010)[1] |
| Employees | 6,700 (October 2010)[2] |
| Website | www.synopsys.com |
Coordinates: 37°23′32″N 122°02′50″W / 37.3921°N 122.0471°W
Synopsys, Inc. is one of the largest companies in the Electronic Design Automation industry.[3] Synopsys' first and best-known product is Design Compiler, a logic-synthesis tool. Synopsys offers a wide range of other products used in the design of an application-specific integrated circuit. Products include logic synthesis, behavioral synthesis, place and route, static timing analysis, formal verification, HDL (SystemC, Systemverilog/Verilog, VHDL) simulators as well as transistor-level circuit simulation. The simulators include development and debugging environments which assist in the design of the logic for chips and computer systems.
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History [link]
The company was founded in 1986 by Dr. Aart J. de Geus, David Gregory and a team of engineers from General Electric's Microelectronics Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. First established as Optimal Solutions, Synopsys was chartered to develop and market the synthesis technology developed by the team at General Electric. Synopsys proceeded to pioneer the commercial application of logic synthesis.
The company has more than 60 sales, support and R&D offices worldwide in North America, Europe, Japan, the Pacific Rim, India, Israel, Chile and Armenia.
As of 2011, Synopsys' major competitors are Cadence Design Systems, Mentor Graphics, and Magma Design Automation. In February 2012 Synopsys acquired Magma.
Acquisitions, mergers, spinoffs [link]
- 1994: acquired Cadis, Aachen, Germany. Through this acquisition Synopsys got the communication systems and DSP design tool suit named COSSAP. COSSAP stood for Communication System Simulation and Application Processor. Synopsys carried out various communication (predominantly wireless modems) design and consulting activities using this tool (and later the evolved new tool Co-centric System Studio). The Cadis group was a spin off development initiative from Aachen Technical University (ISS) in Germany, spearheaded by Professor Heinrich Meyr[4] and Professor Gerd Ascheid.[5] COSSAP was a competing product to SPW[6] from Cadence (now maintained and enhanced by Coware).[7] Synopsys stopped support on COSSAP since 2003 and now promoting the enhanced tool Cocentric System Studio.
- 1997: acquired EPIC Design Technology Inc., USA
- 1997: acquired Viewlogic Systems, Inc., USA
- 1998: acquired Systems Science, Inc.
- June 6, 2002: merger with Avanti Corporation, USA. Avanti was founded when several ex-Cadence employees bought the startup ArcSys, which had previously merged with ISS, gaining Avanti its DRC/LVC tool Hercules (including 3D silicon structure modeling), then bought Compass Design Automation, which had fully integrated IC Design Flow and ASIC Libraries, especially its place and route tool, which Avanti reworked to create Saturn and Apollo II; and it also bought TMA which brought their pioneering TCAD and Proteus Optical proximity correction tools. This was, by far, Synopsys' most significant and controversial acquisition. At the time Avanti was the #4 company in the EDA industry, and was struggling with a major lawsuit from Cadence for software theft.[8] The criminal case had just concluded, with Avanti executives pleading no contest to trade-secret theft, conspiracy to commit trade-secret theft, receiving stolen property, and securities fraud, and several receiving jail time. To acquire Avanti, Synopsys paid about $55 million in golden handshake payments to these same executives. Synopsys then paid an additional $265 million to Cadence to settle the remaining civil suit and $26.1 million to Silvaco to settle two of three Silvaco's suits against Meta Software and its President filed in 1995 and inherited by Avanti[9]
- September 12, 2002: acquired Co-Design Automation, Inc. USA. Co-Design pioneered the Superlog language, a superset of the popular Verilog hardware description language, extending its capabilities into verification and system design. Superlog formed the basis of The SystemVerilog language standardized by Accelera in 2003.
- September 20, 2002: acquired inSilicon Inc., USA
- March 3, 2003: acquired Numerical Technologies, Inc. USA. (Note: a pioneer in design for manufacturing software which included CATS mask fracturing.). Synopsys paid about $250 million in cash.
- February 23, 2004: acquired Accelerant Networks, USA
- February 26, 2004: acquired assets of Analog Design Automation, Inc., USA
- October 2004: acquired assets of Monterey Design Systems, Inc., USA
- October 18, 2004: acquired Cascade Semiconductor Solutions Inc., USA
- November 2, 2004: acquired Integrated Systems Engineering AG (ISE), Switzerland, a TCAD company.
- November 2, 2004: acquired assets of LEDA Design, Inc., USA, a developer of mixed-signal intellectual property.
- December 1, 2004: agreement to acquire Nassda Corp., USA, an integrated circuit simulator company and settle the litigation between the two companies
- December 7, 2005: Acquired HPL Technologies,[10] a semiconductor analysis software manufacturer that makes software specializing in wafer design analysis and yield enhancement for wafer process.
- May 16, 2006, announced expanding its presence in electronic system level (ESL) design by acquiring Virtio Corporation, creator of virtual platforms for embedded software development.
- June 21, 2006: Santiago Chile, Synopsys R&D Center Chile Opening.
- August 16, 2006: Acquired Sigma-C a Munich based lithography simulation company.[11]
- June 18, 2007: Acquired ArchPro Design Automation Inc.
- July 30, 2007: Purchased certain semiconductor IP assets from MOSAID Technologies.[12]
- October 2, 2007: Acquired Sandwork Design.[13]
- March 30, 2008: Announced acquisition of Synplicity, the leader in FPGA synthesis and rapid prototyping technology.[14]
- December 18, 2008: Acquired ChipIT Business Unit from ProDesign Electronic GmbH, Germany[15]
- May 8, 2009: Acquired Analog Business Group (Chipidea) from MIPS Technologies[16]
- Feb 2, 2010: Acquires VaST Systems Technology Corporation.
- Sep 2, 2010: Announces an acquisition of Virage Logic Corporation.[18]
- Oct 7, 2010: Announces an acquisition of Optical Research Associates[19]
- Sep 2, 2011: Announces an acquisition of nSys Design Systems.[20]
- Oct 7, 2011: Announces an acquisition of Extreme DA.[21]
- Feb 22, 2012: Completes acquisition of Magma Design Automation with the cash value of transaction of about $523 million, or $7.35 per Magma share. Roy Jewell will work with Synopsys, while Rajeev Madhavan will not[22]
Management team [link]
- Dr. Aart J. de Geus, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
- Dr. Chi-Foon Chan, President and Chief Operating Officer
- Brian Beattie, Chief Financial Officer
Notable persons [link]
- Aart J. de Geus, founder
- Alberto Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, co-founder
- Deborah A. Coleman, independent director, former CFO and VP of Operations at Apple Computer.[3]
See also [link]
References [link]
- ^ a b Google Finance Page for Synopsys
- ^ Synopsys Company Profile
- ^ Note: since its merger with Avanti Corp. in 2002, it is the largest company in the EDA business.
- ^ ISS - Institut - Mitarbeiter: Heinrich Meyr
- ^ ISS - Institut - Mitarbeiter: Gerd Ascheid
- ^ [1]
- ^ CoWare: The ESL Design Leader
- ^ The Avant! Saga: Does Crime Pay? The inside story of a company that stole software code From Business Week
- ^ Synopsys Form 8K/A July 26, 2002
- ^ HPL Technologies
- ^ Sigma-C
- ^ Synopsys Completes Acquisition of MOSAID Semiconductor IP Assets
- ^ Synopsys Acquires Sandwork Design
- ^ Synopsys Completes Acquisition of Synplicity, Inc.
- ^ Acquired ChipIT Business Unit from ProDesign Electronic GmbH, Germany
- ^ Synopsys Acquires Analog Business Group of MIPS Technologies
- ^ Synopsys to Acquire CoWare, Inc.
- ^ [2]
- ^ Synopsys Acquires Optical Research Associates
- ^ "Synopsys Acquires nSys Design Systems"
- ^ "Synopsys Acquires Extreme DA"
- ^ "Synopsys Acquires Magma Design Automation"
External links [link]
https://wn.com/Synopsys
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A la seconde (French pronunciation: [a la səɡɔ̃d]) A position of the leg to the side or a movement with the leg held to the side in second position, as in a pirouette à la seconde, in which a dancer turns with the working leg à la hauteur ('elevated') in second position
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(French pronunciation: [a la katʁijɛm]) One of the directions of body, facing the audience (en face), arms in second position, with one leg extended either to fourth position in front (quatrième devant) or fourth position behind (quatrième derrière).
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(French pronunciation: [a tɛʁ]) Touching the floor.
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Italian, or French adage, meaning 'slowly, at ease.'
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Avant is the self-titled fifth studio album by Avant. It was released on December 9, 2008 (which was the same release date for his album Private Room). Its first single, "When It Hurts," reached #91 on the Billboard Hot 100 and #15 on the US R&B/Hip-Hop charts. The second single is "Break Ya Back (In a Good Way)". The album was also his first release on Capitol Records. The album sold 93,929 copies to date.
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Florence Foster Jenkins (film)
Florence Foster Jenkins is an upcoming American–British biographical comedy-drama film directed by Stephen Frears and written by Nicholas Martin. The film stars Meryl Streep as Florence Foster Jenkins, a New York heiress who became an opera singer notorious for her bad singing skills. Other cast members include Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg, Nina Arianda, and Rebecca Ferguson. Filming began in May 2015 in London.
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Alan
Played By: David Walliams
Appearances: Season 3
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Played by: David Walliams
Episodes: Radio Show; Season 1, episodes 4 and 5
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Coordinates: 41°21′45″N 71°57′55″W / 41.36250°N 71.96528°W
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- Face the Music released: 2013
- The Letter released: 2010
- The Letter released: 2010
- Avant released: 2008
- Director released: 2006
- Private Room released: 2003
- Ecstasy released: 2002
- My Thoughts released: 2000
