Cadence Design Systems

Cadence Design Systems โ€” Acquisitions

Every M&A deal made by Cadence Design Systems, sorted by date.

๐Ÿ“ San Jose Total deals 65 Total value $6.4B View company profile โ†’
65
Total deals
$6.4B
Total value
$582.5M
Avg deal
$3.1B
Largest
Acquisition activity by year
Deals announced per year
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# Acquired Date Type Status Price
1
Chipstack
Chipstack utilizes generative AI-driven tools to reimagine chip design.
2025-11-10 Acquisition Pending Deal โ†’
2
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Hexagon - Design & Engineering Business
Hexagon - Design & Engineering Business is a unit of Hexagon.
2025-09-04 Acquisition โ€” $3.1B Deal โ†’
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Arm - Artisan Foundation IP Business
Arm - Artisan Foundation IP Business specializes in the cornerstone of the semic…
2025-04-16 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
4
Secure-IC
Secure-IC is quickly becoming a thought leader in the creation of sustainable em…
2025-01-21 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
5
BETA CAE Systems
BETA CAE Systems develops CAE software systems that meet the requirements of all…
2024-03-05 Acquisition Complete $1.2B Deal โ†’
6
INVECAS Technologies
INVECAS aggregates IP, design and realization solutions to provide complete ASIC…
2024-01-08 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
7
Intrinsix Corp.
Intrinsix Corp. is an advanced semiconductor design services company.
2023-09-20 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
8
Rambus
Rambus designs, develops and licenses chip interface technologies and architectu…
2023-07-20 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
9
OpenEye Scientific
OpenEye Scientific is an American software and services company focused on molec…
2022-07-25 Acquisition Complete $500.0M Deal โ†’
10
Future Facilities
Future Facilities is a privately-owned company formed in 2004 with a simple miss…
2022-07-11 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
11
Pointwise
Pointwise is solving the top problem facing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) t…
2021-04-15 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
12
NUMECA
NUMECA is focused on innovation in CFD and multiphysics analysis and optimizatio…
2021-01-20 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
13
InspectAR
InspectAR is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of…
2020-08-13 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
14
Integrand Software
Integrand Software provides electronic design software used to design high frequ…
2020-02-14 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
15
AWR
AWR is a high-frequency EDA company, develops electronic design automation softw…
2019-12-02 Acquisition Complete $160.0M Deal โ†’
16
Rocketick
Rocketick offers GPU software-based acceleration solutions for chip verification…
2016-04-11 Acquisition Complete $40.0M Deal โ†’
17
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Solomon Design Automation (SDA)
Solomon Design Automation (SDA) is a privately held design framework company.
2014-10-21 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
18
Jasper Design Automation
Jasper Design is an electronic design automation company developing verification…
2014-04-21 Acquisition Complete $170.0M Deal โ†’
19
Forte Design Systems
Forte Design Systems provides high-level synthesis software products that enable…
2014-02-18 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
20
TranSwitch
TranSwitch designs, develops, markets, and supports integrated digital and mixed…
2014-02-11 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
21
Tensilica
Tensilica is a fabless semiconductor company developing customizable dataplane p…
2013-03-11 Acquisition Complete $380.0M Deal โ†’
22
Cosmic Circuits
Cosmic Circuits is an Analog and mixed signal intellectual property.
2013-02-08 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
23
Sigrity, Inc.
Sigrity is a supplier of software for IC package physical design and for analyzi…
2012-07-02 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
24
Azuro
Azuro is an electronic design automation company supplying software tools to des…
2011-07-11 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
25
Altos Design Automation
Altos is an EDA company providing ultra-fast characterization technology to tech…
2011-05-10 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
26
Denali Software
Denali Software is a technology company that specializes in electronic design in…
2010-05-13 Acquisition Complete $315.0M Deal โ†’
27
Taray, Inc.
Taray, Inc. is a privately held company provides FPGA I/O synthesis tools.
2010-01-01 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
28
Nascentric
Nascentric develops and markets simulators for the analysis and functional verif…
2009-04-11 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
29
Knowlent
Knowlent is an electronic design automation software company providing analog ve…
2008-04-11 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
30
Chip Estimate
Chip Estimate Corporation, an electronic design automation company, provides acc…
2008-03-11 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
31
Clear Shape Technologies
Clear Shape Technologies is engaged in the development of design-for-manufacturi…
2007-08-16 โ€” Complete Deal โ†’
32
Invarium
Invarium provides patterning synthesis solutions for the semiconductor industry.
2007-07-13 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
33
Praesagus (Cadence)
Praesagus, Inc. provides characterization and modeling products to the chemical …
2006-01-01 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
34
CommandCAD
CommandCAD is a DFM tool developer.
2006-01-01 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
35
Verisity
Verisity is a Software company.
2005-01-13 Acquisition Complete $315.0M Deal โ†’
36
Neolinear
Neolinear makes software used in designing products for the consumer and communi…
2004-04-06 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
37
Q Design Automation
Q Design Automation Inc., a privately held company that makes software for migra…
2004-01-05 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
38
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ETop Design Automation
ETop Design Automation provides design Rule Check (DRC) and Layout-versus Schema…
2004-01-01 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
39
Verplex Systems
Verplex Systems, Inc. is an electronic design automation (EDA) company.
2003-07-18 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
40
K2 Technologies
K2 Technologies is a privately held mask data preparation company.
2003-05-07 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
41
SpinCircuit
SpinCircuit is a provider of web-based supply chain management for the electroni…
2003-04-11 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
42
Get2Chip
Get2Chip is a acquisition empowers cadence with industry's best nanometer scale …
2003-04-11 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
43
Celestry Design Technologies
The company offers physical design products and software and services to electro…
2003-01-15 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
44
Antrim Design Systems
Antrim develops and markets portable mixed-signal intellectual property, design …
2002-11-22 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
45
Plato Design Systems, Inc.
Plato Design provides scalable routing and physical design optimization for syst…
2002-04-24 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
46
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DSM Technologies
DSM Technologies is a design rule editor.
2002-01-01 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
47
CadMos Design Technology
CadMos Design Technology develops noise immunity applications for minimizing the…
2001-01-01 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
48
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Silicon Perspective Corp.
Silicon Perspective Corp. offers full-chip silicon virtual prototypes that provi…
2001-01-01 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’
49
OrCAD, Inc
OrCAD, Inc is a designer solution with the outstanding technology.
1999-07-16 Acquisition Complete $121.0M Deal โ†’
50
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Quickturn Design Systems
Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. provides an emulation and cycle-based simulation …
1999-05-26 Acquisition Complete Deal โ†’