Synopsys

Synopsys is a technology company that provides software and intellectual property for semiconductor and electronic product design. It positions itself as the Silicon to Software partner for companies building electronic devices and software applications. Its core offerings include electronic design automation (EDA) software used to automate chip design, semiconductor IP blocks, and software quality and security solutions. The company also supports system verification and SoC design through Silicon IP and end-to-end design tools. As customers shift toward systems-like architectures, Synopsys supplies a comprehensive portfolio that helps improve design accuracy, productivity, and efficiency across the full design flow. Through a broad reach in semiconductor and software markets, the firm serves diverse end markets as digitalization accelerates demand for verification, IP, and integrated design toolchains.

Antun Domic Ph.D

Senior Vice President

Past deals in ASIC

Baya Systems

Series B in 2025
Baya Systems specializes in innovative chipset-based semiconductor technology. It enhances intelligent computing across diverse applications by breaking down complex designs into smaller, modular components called chiplets.

MorethanIP

Acquisition in 2021
MorethanIP, founded in 2000 in Munich, Germany, is a privately owned and profitable design and intellectual property (IP) house specializing in advanced ASIC solutions for Ethernet networking technologies. The company focuses on high-speed communications and embedded system devices tailored for both telecom and datacom sectors as well as industrial applications. MorethanIP develops IP for multi-gigabit high-speed applications based on specific customer requirements, facilitating their time-to-market and cost-effectiveness. With a strong foundation led by experienced telecommunications engineers, MorethanIP continues to deliver innovative solutions in the rapidly evolving landscape of networking technology.

Gold Standard Simulations

Acquisition in 2016
Gold Standard Simulations Ltd. is a company based in Glasgow, United Kingdom, specializing in providing variability simulation tools for the semiconductor industry. Established in 2009, the company focuses on Design Technology Co-Optimization (DTCO) and develops a range of advanced electronic design automation tools. Its offerings include Enigma, an automation framework for rapid design technology co-optimization; Mystic, a statistical compact model extractor; RandomSpice, a statistical circuit simulator; GARAND, a statistical 3D TCAD simulator; and ConnecTCAD, a 3D interconnect simulator that evaluates resistances and capacitances for contemporary and future CMOS technologies. Gold Standard Simulations also provides educational courses on statistical nano-CMOS variability and reliability. As of 2016, the company operates as a subsidiary of Synopsys Inc., enhancing its capabilities in the semiconductor sector.

Silicon Vision

Acquisition in 2015
Si-Vision is a fabless semiconductor company which provides complete custom solutions in Analog/Mixed and RF design fields.

Target Compiler Technologies

Acquisition in 2014
Target Compiler Technologies is a privately held company based in Leuven, Belgium. It specializes in developing software tools designed to facilitate the creation, programming, and verification of application-specific instruction-set processors (ASIPs). These ASIPs are used by industry-standard processor architectures to implement highly specialized, software-programmable engines for tasks such as compute-intensive digital signal processing and data plane processing. The company's products cater primarily to electronic system and semiconductor companies.

Magma Design Automation

Acquisition in 2011
Magma Design Automation, Inc. specializes in electronic design automation (EDA) software products and services aimed at optimizing the design and production of integrated circuits across various industries, including communications, computing, and consumer electronics. The company offers a comprehensive digital integrated solution that streamlines the chip development cycle, encompassing initial design through to physical implementation. Magma's primary offerings include the Talus family of products, the Tekton static timing analyzer, and the QCP extractor, as well as the Quartz suite for sign-off and verification. These tools work seamlessly together to create an integrated design and verification flow, effectively merging previously distinct processes of logic design, physical design, and analysis. Additionally, Magma's Titan platform supports custom integrated chip design, providing a cohesive solution for mixed-signal projects.

Synfora

Acquisition in 2010
Synfora, Inc. is a technology company specializing in program-in chip-out (PICO) technology, which enables the development of application engines from sequential untimed C algorithms. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, Synfora has additional offices in Japan, South Korea, France, India, and Taiwan. The company provides software tools, services, and intellectual property focused on accelerating the design of systems-on-chips and field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Its flagship products, PICO Express and PICO Express FPGA, optimize the design process by identifying levels of parallelism to meet throughput requirements and synthesizing algorithms into hardware application engines, making integration into larger systems seamless. Synfora's technology is applicable across various sectors, including audio, video, imaging, wireless, and security.

CoWare

Acquisition in 2010
CoWare, Inc. specializes in providing platform-driven electronic system-level design software and consulting services tailored for IP, semiconductor, and electronics companies. Its comprehensive product suite includes Platform Architect, a SystemC-based graphical environment that facilitates platform analysis; Model Designer for the verification of IP blocks; and Virtual Platform, which offers simulation packages for software development teams. Additionally, CoWare provides a Model Library containing processor, bus, and peripheral models, as well as Processor Designer, which enables the creation of custom processors and programmable hardware accelerators. The company's Signal Processing Designer allows for the design and analysis of signal processing algorithms, exporting implementations as functional blocks. Together, these tools and services support the development, distribution, and validation of virtual hardware platforms essential for device software development.

PRO DESIGN Electronic

Acquisition in 2008
Pro Design Electronic GmbH is a company based in Bruckmühl, Germany, specializing in engineering, development, and manufacturing services for the electronics industry. Established in 1981, the company offers a range of products and services, including the CHIPit family of ASIC/SoC prototyping systems, which facilitate algorithm validation, design verification, and hardware/software co-development. Additionally, Pro Design provides tools for design partitioning, implementation, and debugging, along with hardware bring-up and software validation services.

Cascade Semiconductor Solutions

Acquisition in 2004
Cascade Semiconductor Solutions, Inc. is a privately held company based in Beaverton, OR, USA. It primarily sold IP cores for PCI Express.

Lightspeed Semiconductor

Venture Round in 2000
LightSpeed Semiconductor provides time-to-market, yield, manufacturability, and development expense advantages over cell implementation.

Silicon Architects

Acquisition in 1999
Silicon Architects is a privately held company develops structured ASIC Methodology is ideal for complex integrated circuits with multiple memories, data paths and random logic.

EPIC Design Technology

Acquisition in 1997
EPIC Design Technology, Inc. provides a family of simulation and analysis tools to help designers manage the timing, power characteristics and reliability of a broad range of deep submicron and nanometer ICs. EPIC tools analyzed power, timing, and reliability problems in ASIC, structured, and full-custom ICs.
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