Category Archives: EDA

Mentor Graphics Acquires CodeSourcery

Posted on December 6, 2010 by John Donovan

December 2, 2010—Mentor Graphics has acquired most of the assets of CodeSourcery, the leading provider of open source GNU-based tool chains and services for advanced systems development. The acquisition builds on Mentor’s acquisition last year of Embedded Alley, whose runtime … Continue reading →

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For Energy Efficiency, Forget Accuracy

Posted on August 18, 2010 by John Donovan

U.C. Berkeley professor Jan Rabaey kicked off the 2010 International Symposium on Low-Power Electronics and Design (ISLPED) today in Austin with a challenge to programmers, hardware designers and their EDA tool providers: The deterministic Turing model has hit the power … Continue reading →

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Mentor Passes Cadence in EDA Market

Posted on July 20, 2010 by John Donovan

Gary Smith EDA have just released their 2009 Market Share study of the EDA market, compiled by analysts Nancy Wu & Mary Olsson. Synopsys continues to hold first place but for the first time Mentor Graphics managed to edge out Cadence … Continue reading →

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Synopsys Acquires Virage Logic

Posted on June 10, 2010 by John Donovan

By John Donovan—June 10, 2010 Synopsys announced this morning that it had signed a definitive agreement to buy Virage Logic for $315M in what looks to be a mutually beneficial transaction. Synopsys needed to expand its semiconductor IP (SIP)  IP … Continue reading →

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Need IP? Buy Me!

Posted on May 13, 2010 by John Donovan

Cadence announced today that it’s buying Denali Software for $315 million in cash. This is a pretty bold move for a company that was close to circling the drain not too long ago and raises the question, “What was that … Continue reading →

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Gary Smith (Informally) Launches DAC

Posted on July 27, 2009 by John Donovan

DAC traditionally begins on Sunday evening at the EDAC reception, where you can drink Merlot or Heineken and hear Gary Smith weigh in on the state of the industry. You then get a refill and start looking around for long-lost … Continue reading →

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