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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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Company EDA products

Agilent

Technologies EEsof EDA

division

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

acquisition)

Genesys - RF and microwave design (Eagleware-Elanix

acquisition)

SystemVue - Electronic system-level design (Eagleware-

Elanix 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.

ActiveHDL

Riviera

A-Lint

Altium Altium Designer (Step up from Protel)

P-CAD (Ceased. Former Accel EDA from Accel Technologies)

Ansys

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

Atoptech

Aprisa - Complete netlist to GDSII Place and Route solution.

Apogee - Hierarchical Design - Floorplanning, Prototyping,

Partioning, Chip Assembly

Cadence Design Systems System Development Suite with Verification Computing

Platform, Virtual System Platform, Incisive Verification Platform,

and Rapid Prototyping Platform

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 EAGLE - PCB Design

DAFCA ClearBlue

Dolphin Integration

SLED - Schematic entry and netlisting

SMASH - Mixed-signal, mixed-language modeling and

simulation

SCROOGE TLA - Mixed-signal power consumption estimation

SoC GDS - Layout viewer and processor

GDS Reticle - Test pattern frame generator

Schindler & Schill

GmbH(EasyLogix) PCB-Investigator - Professional ECAD Workstation for PCB

development

GerberLogix - Free Gerber Viewer

Online-Gerber-Viewer - Free Gerber Viewer (no installation

required)

Forte Design Systems Cynthesizer

gEDA

gschem: schematics editor

pcb: PCB layout editor

gerbv: Gerber file viewer

Ing.-Büro FRIEDRICH

TARGET 3001! PCB Layout CAD Software

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

Intellitech

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

C/C++/SystemC Model Validation Tool Suite

OCP Validation Suite

TLM2.0 Validation Suite

KiCad (GPL)

eeschema - schematic capture

PCBnew - PCB layout

gerbview - Gerber viewer

Lauterbach

in-circuit debuggers (JTAG and non-JTAG) with

optional trace functionality

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 at-

speed testing

Yield Insight - Yield analysis program which looks at foundry

and performance data to diagnose possible problems

NanGate

Library Creator - Standard Cell Library Platform (IP creation

and migration)

Design Optimizer - Concurrent analysis and optimization of

design, constraints and libraries

Design Services - Standard Cell Library IP and Performance

Extension IP

National Instruments

National Instruments Electronics Workbench Group

NI Multisim - schematic capture and simulation

NI Ultiboard - printed circuit board layout editor

AWR Corporation products

Nimbic, Inc. (formerly

Physware)

PhysWAVE

PhysAPEX

Silvaco InternationalAnalog & mixed signal:

UTMOST III

UTMOST IV

SPAYN

Gateway

SmartSpice

SmartSpiceRF

Harmony

Custom IC CAD:

Expert

Guardian

HIPEX

Interconnect modeling:

QUEST

CLEVER

STELLAR

EXACT

Digital CAD:

SILOS-X

HyperFault

AccuCell

AccuCore

Solido Design Automation

Variation Designer - analog/mixed-signal and custom IC design

Monte Carlo+ package

PVT+ package

Proximity+ package

Sunstone Circuits PCB123 PCB Design Software (FREE))

Synopsys, Inc. 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

Spice explorer

Star-RCXT

Synphony C Compiler - high-level synthesis

TetraMAX ATPG

VCS

VIP

XA

Yield Explorer - yield management

Teklatech FloorDirector - Dynamic Power and Power Noise Integrity

optimization for digital ASICs and SoCs

Ucamco Develops the Gerber format, PCB CAM software

Xilinx ISE Design Suite

Zuken, Inc.

Cabling Designer

Cadstar

CR-5000

CR-8000

Visula

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

EDA companies that no longer exist (as of 2011)

Ansoft Corporation acquired by Ansys Inc.

Applied Wave Research

acquired by National Instruments

Microwave Office

Analog Office

Visual System Simulator

APLAC

AXIEM

Automated Systems, Inc.

acquired by Cadence Design Systems[1] in 1990.

PRANCE GT - Placement, Routing and Numerical Control Editing for PCB design and layout.

Avant! Corporation acquired by Synopsys[2] in 2002. Avant! itself resulted from the merger of ArcSys and Integrated Silicon Systems on November 27, 1995. It acquired Anagram on September

27, 1996, Meta-Software on October 29, 1996, FrontLine Design Automation on November 27, 1996 and Nexsyn Design Technology on December 31, 1996.

Azuro

acquired by Cadence[4] in 2011.

PowerCentric - Clock tree synthesis and automatic clock gating

Rubix - Physical optimization and automatic useful skew

Calma merged into Valid, then Cadence Design Systems[5]

CoFluent Design

acquired by Intel[6] in 2011.

CoFluent Studio

CoFluent Reader

Coware acquired by Synopsys in March 2010.

Daisy Systems merged with Cadnetix in 1988

Denali Software acquired by Cadence Design Systems in Q2 of 2010

ECAD, Inc. merged with SDA Systems in 1987 to create Cadence

Gateway Design Automation

acquired by Cadence Design Systems in 1989

Verilog HDL

Verilog-XL

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Technologies or Electronics Workbenchacquired by National Instruments in 2005

LogicVision Inc. acquired by Mentor Graphics in 2009

Magma Design Automation, Inc. acquired by Synopsys in 2012

OrCAD acquired by Cadence in 1999

Protel renamed as Altium

SpringSoft, Inc.

acquired by Synopsys[7]

Verdi - automated debug system

Debussy - debug modules

Siloti - visibility enhancement solutions

Certitude - Functional Qualification System

Laker - Custom Layout System

Synplicity acquired by Synopsys[8]

Valid Logic Systems merged into Cadence[9]