Cadence Design Systems - Acquisitions and Mergers

Acquisitions and Mergers

Cadence has been involved with many mergers and acquisitions. Some of the larger examples of companies merged in or acquired are: Valid Logic Systems, High Level Design (HLD), UniCAD, Cooper and Chyan (CCT), Quickturn, CadMOS, Simplex, Silicon Perspective, Plato, Get2Chip and Verplex Systems. The latest major activity is:

• February, 2013: Cosmic Circuits, a provider of analog and mixed signal intellectual property (IP) cores. Cosmic Circuits offers silicon-proven IP solutions in connectivity and advanced mixed-signal technologies in the 40nm and 28nm process nodes, with 20nm and FinFET development well underway.
• July 12, 2011: Cadence acquires Azuro, creator of clock concurrent optimization technology
• May 10, 2011: Cadence Acquires Altos Design Automation, Inc., the technology leader in characterization of standard and complex cell libraries for the delivery of complex SoCs at advanced nodes.
• June 17, 2010: Cadence completes acquisition of Denali Software
• August 15, 2008: Cadence withdrew a $1.6 billion offer to purchase rival Mentor Graphics
• March 11, 2008: acquired ChipEstimate, a developer of IC planning and IP reuse management tools.
• August 15, 2007: acquired Clearshape, a developer of Design for Manufacturability (DFM) technology.
• July 12, 2007: acquired Invarium, a photolithography specialist.
• April 7, 2005: acquired Verisity, Ltd., a provider of verification process automation solutions ($315 million, all cash).
• April 6, 2004: acquired Neolinear Technology, a privately held company specializing in rapid analog design technology
• September 2003: acquired Verplex Systems, a provider of Formal Verification products, Conformal Solutions and Blacktie Property Checker.
• October 2002: acquired IBM's Test Design Automation group
• May 1997: acquired Cooper & Chyan Technology, a provider of PCB and IC automatic place and router software solutions.