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1 Existing companies 2 EDA Companies that no longer exist 3 See also 4 References 5 External links

Existing companies[edit source | editbeta]

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Platforms: Advanced Design System high frequency and high speed design EMPro (formerly Antenna Modeling Design System) - 3D EM platform GoldenGate (supersedes RF Design Environment) RFIC/RF mixed signal simulator (Xpedion acquisition) IC-CAP, Model Builder Program (MBP), Model Quality Assurance (MQA), Advanced Model Analysis - Device modeling and validation (MBP, MQA, AMA from Accelicon

Agilent Technologies EEsof EDA division

acquisition) Genesys - RF and microwave design (Eagleware-Elanix acquisition) SystemVue - Electronic system-level design (EaglewareElanix acquisition) EM solvers: Momentum 3D planar, frequency domain, available with the ADS, Genesys, and GoldenGate platforms FEM Element full 3D, frequency domain, available with the ADS and EMPro platforms FDTD full 3D, time domain, available with the EMPro platform

Agnisys, Inc.

IDesignSpec Register Management tool IVerifySpec Verification Management tool

 Aldec, Inc. Altium

ActiveHDL Riviera A-Lint Altium Designer (Step up from Protel) P-CAD (Ceased. Former Accel EDA from Accel Technologies) Ansoft HFSS - High-Frequency Structure Simulation Apache Design, Inc. products: PowerArtist: RTL Design for Power Platform RedHawk: Full-chip Dynamic SoC Power Integrity Solution Totem: Analog and Mixed-Signal Power & Noise Platform Sentinel: Chip-Package-System Co-design/Co-analysis Solution PathFinder: Layout-based ESD Integrity Solution

Ansys

Atoptech

Aprisa - Complete netlist to GDSII Place and Route solution. Apogee - Hierarchical Design - Floorplanning, Prototyping, Partioning, Chip Assembly

System Development Suite with Verification Computing Platform, Virtual System Platform, Incisive Verification Platform, and Rapid Prototyping Platform

Cadence Design Systems

C-to-Silicon Verification IP Catalog Design IP Chip Planning Solution Virtuoso - IC Artist Virtuoso - IC Layout Virtuoso - Layout Migrate Encounter - Digital IC design Encounter - Conformal-LEC Encounter - Conformal Low Power Encounter - Conformal ECO Designer Encounter - Conformal Constraint Designer Encounter - RTL Compiler Encounter - RTL Compiler Physical Encounter - Test ATPG Encounter - Test Daignostics

Encounter - Design Implementation Encounter - QRC (Extraction & Checking) Encounter - Nanoroute Allegro - PC/MCM design Incisive - functional verification Design for Manufacturing SPECCTRA Autorouter Orcad Denali Software products Spectra PureSpec MMAV Databahn Blueprint

Sigrity products OptimizePI PowerDC XtractIM PowerSI Broadband SPICE SPEED2000 Channel Designer XcitePI OrbitIO Planner Unified Package Designer (UPD) acquired from Synopsys

CadSoft Computer DAFCA

EAGLE - PCB Design ClearBlue SLED - Schematic entry and netlisting SMASH - Mixed-signal, mixed-language modeling and simulation

Dolphin Integration

SCROOGE TLA - Mixed-signal power consumption estimation SoC GDS - Layout viewer and processor GDS Reticle - Test pattern frame generator PCB-Investigator - Professional ECAD Workstation for PCB

Schindler & Schill GmbH(EasyLogix)

development GerberLogix - Free Gerber Viewer Online-Gerber-Viewer - Free Gerber Viewer (no installation required) Forte Design Systems gEDA Cynthesizer gschem: schematics editor pcb: PCB layout editor gerbv: Gerber file viewer

TARGET 3001! PCB Layout CAD Software Ing.-Bro FRIEDRICH Intellitech Schematic editor Simulation pSpice compliant PCB design Front panel design SQL component database 3D model design, STEP export PCB assembly price calculator Electra: High speed auto router Nebula Silicon Debugger - Interactive program which connects to Synopsys VCS and Cadence Design Systems NCSim for pre-silicon validation with cross-reference during connection to real silicon JEDA Technologies KiCad (GPL) C/C++/SystemC Model Validation Tool Suite OCP Validation Suite TLM2.0 Validation Suite eeschema - schematic capture PCBnew - PCB layout gerbview - Gerber viewer in-circuit debuggers (JTAG and non-JTAG) with optional trace functionality Lauterbach in-circuit emulators front-ends to debug virtual platforms for embedded software development (ESL) Mentor Graphics ADiT - Nanometer IC Design: fast SPICE

Questa ADMS - Nanometer IC Design: mixed-signal simulator Board Station - PCB design software Calibre - physical verification Catapult Synthesis - ESL Design: high-level synthesis Catapult Library Builder - ESL Design: high-level synthesis Design Architect-IC - Nanometer IC Design Eldo - Nanometer IC Design: SPICE simulator Eldo RF - Nanometer IC Design: SPICE simulator Expedition - PCB design software IP - intellectual property (now part of embedded systems division)

ModelSim LE - Nanometer IC Design: digital design and simulation. Linux-based simulator with Dataflow Window and Waveform Compare.

ModelSim PE - Nanometer IC Design: digital design and simulation. Windows-based simulator for VHDL, Verilog, or mixed-language simulation environments.

ModelSim SE - Nanometer IC Design: digital design and simulation. Tri-lingual simulator with VHDL, Verilog, and SystemC.

Nucleus EDGE - embedded systems development tools Inflexion - embedded systems application platform tools Nucleus OS - embedded systems OS Olympus-SoC - place and route PADS - PCB design software Platform Express Professional - ESL Design: platform-based design

Platform Express Integrator's Kit - ESL Design: platform-based design

Platform Express Client - ESL Design: platform-based design Questa - digital and mixed-signal simulation System Architect - ESL Design: system analysis SystemVision - Mechatronic Design: system analysis Vista - ESL Design: system debug Visual Elite - ESL Design: system integration

Through LogicVision Acquisition

Dragonfly - Embedded test IP insertion tool for logic, memory and mixed-signal testing

Silicon Insight - Interactive program that works with 3rd party testers for controlling and logging of data on the device for atspeed testing

Yield Insight - Yield analysis program which looks at foundry and performance data to diagnose possible problems

Library Creator - Standard Cell Library Platform (IP creation and migration)

NanGate

Design Optimizer - Concurrent analysis and optimization of design, constraints and libraries

Design Services - Standard Cell Library IP and Performance Extension IP

National Instruments Nimbic, Inc. (formerly Physware)

National Instruments Electronics Workbench Group NI Multisim - schematic capture and simulation NI Ultiboard - printed circuit board layout editor

AWR Corporation products PhysWAVE PhysAPEX

Analog & mixed signal: Silvaco International UTMOST III UTMOST IV SPAYN Gateway SmartSpice SmartSpiceRF Harmony

Custom IC CAD: Expert Guardian HIPEX

Interconnect modeling:

QUEST CLEVER STELLAR EXACT

Digital CAD: Solido Design Automation SILOS-X HyperFault AccuCell AccuCore Variation Designer - analog/mixed-signal and custom IC design Sunstone Circuits Synopsys, Inc. Monte Carlo+ package PVT+ package Proximity+ package

PCB123 PCB Design Software (FREE)) Astro - place and route Cosmos Scope Custom Designer Design Compiler DFT Compiler DFTMAX compression Formality Hercules - physical verification HSIM HSPICE IC Compiler - place and route IC Validator NANOSIM Physical Compiler Proteus OPC Protocol Analyzer (Debugging tool) PrimeTime - static timing analysis Saber Sentaurus TCAD

 Teklatech Ucamco Xilinx

Spice explorer Star-RCXT Synphony C Compiler - high-level synthesis TetraMAX ATPG VCS VIP XA Yield Explorer - yield management FloorDirector - Dynamic Power and Power Noise Integrity optimization for digital ASICs and SoCs

Develops the Gerber format, PCB CAM software ISE Design Suite Cabling Designer Cadstar CR-5000 CR-8000 Visula

Zuken, Inc.

EDA Companies that no longer exist[edit source | editbeta]

EDA companies that no long

Ansoft Corporation

acquired by Ansys Inc.

acquired by National Instruments Applied Wave Research Microwave Office Analog Office Visual System Simulator APLAC AXIEM
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acquired by Cadence Design Systems Automated Systems, Inc. Avant! Corporation

in 1990.

PRANCE GT - Placement, Routing and Numerical Control Editing

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acquired by Synopsys

in 2002. Avant! itself resulted from the merger

27, 1996, Meta-Software on October 29, 1996, FrontLine Design Autom acquired by Cadence Azuro Calma
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in 2011.

PowerCentric - Clock tree synthesis and automatic clock gating Rubix - Physical optimization and automatic useful skew
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merged into Valid, then Cadence Design Systems acquired by Intel in 2011.
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CoFluent Design

CoFluent Studio CoFluent Reader

Coware Daisy Systems Denali Software ECAD, Inc.

acquired by Synopsys in March 2010. merged with Cadnetix in 1988 acquired by Cadence Design Systems in Q2 of 2010 merged with SDA Systems in 1987 to create Cadence acquired by Cadence Design Systems in 1989

Gateway Design Automation

Verilog HDL Verilog-XL

Interactive Image Technologies or Electronics Workbench LogicVision Inc. Magma Design Automation, Inc. OrCAD Protel

acquired by National Instruments in 2005 acquired by Mentor Graphics in 2009 acquired by Synopsys in 2012 acquired by Cadence in 1999 renamed as Altium acquired by Synopsys
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Verdi - automated debug system Debussy - debug modules Siloti - visibility enhancement solutions Certitude - Functional Qualification System Laker - Custom Layout System
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SpringSoft, Inc.

Synplicity Valid Logic Systems

acquired by Synopsys merged into Cadence

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