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Telesales works in EDA

EMA has been selling the OrCAD product line to PCB designers for several years now so it makes sense as they broaden their product lines to add the Aldec tools. My only question about this… 

Mentor Graphics

Another PCB Acquistion by Mentor

Paying just 2X annual revenue at $82M we learned that Mentor is acquiring a company called Valor Computerized Systems today. This appears to be another smart move by Mentor and should pay for itself in… 

Virage Logic Bulks Up

This month Virage adds 160 staff from NXP and last month they acquired ARC, another IP provider. The NXP deal makes sense to me because Virage also receives some design services business to pay for… 

Infinisim Gets Real

I love to read when a tier-one semiconductor company publicly endorses a SPICE tool, and from a start-up at that! AMCC talks about start-up Infinisim and the RASER circuit simulator. The story is compelling: 50X… 

Forte Acquires Arithmatica

Another month, another complimentary EDA acquisition. Forte is well-known for C synthesis and Arithmatica offers datapath synthesis. This combination has a good chance of success because: 1) Complimentary tools 2) Clear management structure (Dan Ganousis… 

Apache acquires Sequence

This is how acquisitions in EDA are supposed to work: Friendly, not hostile Complementary products, not overlapping Egos checked at the door, no whining in the press Compatible management philosophy, clear org chart post-merger Apache… 

Tanner EDA

Tanner EDA Update, post-DAC

Last Monday I had a conference call with Nick Williams of Tanner EDA along with Dan Hammond (VP Marketing). In April I blogged about my install and use of their tools. This 21 year-old, privately…