Acquired in an exchange of stock and options valued at about $38 million. Acquired for approximately $9.3 million in cash and notes. Synopsys issued approximately 10.3 million shares for the 13.8 million shares of EPIC stock. EPIC merged with Synopsys in a $427.1 million stock swap merger. Viewlogic merged with Synopsys in a stock trade valued at $497 million. Acquired for $2.2 million cash and notes payable of $1 million.
Acquired for $26 million in cash plus $12 million in notes and 318,000 reserved shares (a total $47.1 million consideration). Acquired for $1 million cash, notes payable of $0.6 million and $0.4 million assumption of debt (total consideration $2 million). Acquired for $29.2 million cash, notes payable of $8 million, and 78,000 shares of common stock (total consideration $41.3 million). Acquired for $11 million cash, issuance of 46,000 shares of common stock and reserve of 21,000 shares of common stock for issuance under Stanza’s 1998 stock option plan (total consideration $15.4 million). Acquired for $2.3 million cash, notes payable of $2.2 million (total consideration $4.5 million). Acquired for $7.7 million, including cash payments of $7.5 million. Acquired for $3 million, including cash payments of $1.8 million. The CycleC product was incorporated into Synopsys’ VCS Verilog simulator, and the rest of C Level’s product line was discontinued. C Level Design ceased operations in 2001 and sold its technology to Synopsys.
Synopsys acquired the verification assets of Qualis, integrating Qualis’ Domain Verification Component technology into its DesignWare product.
The company’s license structure ranges from renewable TSLs to term licenses and perpetual licenses. Target markets are IoT, including wearables and smart medical devices, automotive/autonomous vehicles, and security. It also develops tools for optical communication and TCAD, and IP ranging from standard interfaces to memory controllers and audio subsystems.
The company also provides tools for early software prototyping and virtualization, and for determining the integrity of software that runs on hardware across a variety of vertical markets. Synopsys is the largest of the Big Three EDA suppliers by revenue and a major supplier of semiconductor IP.įounded in 1986, Synopsys develops a complete flow of EDA software, from initial design and system modeling through verification and design for manufacturability.