Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. acquired Qualtera SAS on June 10, 2020. The acquisition was completed on the same date.

Achronix selected Synopsys' silicon-proven DesignWare IP for PCI Express 5.0 and DDR4 for its Speedster7t FPGA family, announced on March 26, 2020.

Synopsys acquired Terrain EDA, a developer of chip designs for the semiconductor industry. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Synopsys signed a definitive agreement to acquire certain IP assets of INVECAS, including logic libraries, I/O, memory, interface and analog IP, and a team of R&D engineers. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of fiscal 2020.

Synopsys' Wuhan Global R&D Center was completed and put into use on December 18, 2019. Located in Wuhan East Lake High-tech Development Zone, the center focuses on developing advanced technologies for the global semiconductor and electronic information industry.

Synopsys, Inc. completed its acquisition of DINI Group, an FPGA-based boards and solutions company headquartered in La Jolla, California. Terms were not disclosed.

Synopsys signed a definitive agreement to acquire QTronic GmbH, a German leader in simulation and test tools for automotive software. The deal is expected to close in Q4 2019; terms were not disclosed.

Fudan Microelectronics Group selected Synopsys' DesignWare Bluetooth 5.0 Controller and PHY IP for its ultra-low-power general-purpose microcontrollers for IoT applications.

Synopsys announced a collaboration with Samsung Foundry to provide a secure, scalable cloud-based IC design and verification environment using the Synopsys Cloud Solution. Samsung Foundry accelerated its 7nm library characterization by about 30% using this solution.

Synopsys and GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced a collaboration to develop a portfolio of automotive Grade 1 temperature DesignWare IP for the GF 22FDX process. The IP includes Logic Libraries, Embedded Memories, Data Converters, and interfaces for automotive SoCs.

Synopsys was selected by DARPA for the POSH program under the Electronics Resurgence Initiative to develop signoff-quality emulation technology for mixed-signal SoCs, in partnership with Lockheed Martin and Analog Devices.

Synopsys acquired Kilopass Technology, a provider of antifuse one-time programmable non-volatile memory IP, to expand its DesignWare IP portfolio. Terms were not disclosed.

Starblaze Technology launched its STAR1000 enterprise storage SSD controller, designed using Synopsys DesignWare IP including ARC HS38 processor, DDR4 and PCI Express 3.1 interface IP, and security IP, achieving first-pass silicon success and volume production.

Synopsys Inc., a global leader in electronic design automation, acquired QuantumWise, a Danish company that develops software for simulating novel semiconductor materials. The price was undisclosed.

Synopsys has acquired Sidense Corporation, a provider of one-time programmable non-volatile memory IP, to expand its DesignWare IP portfolio. Terms were not disclosed.