| # | Acquired | Date | Type | Status | Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Chipstack
Chipstack utilizes generative AI-driven tools to reimagine chip design.
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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.
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2025-09-04 | Acquisition | โ | $3.1B | Deal โ |
| 3 |
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Arm - Artisan Foundation IP Business
Arm - Artisan Foundation IP Business specializes in the cornerstone of the semic…
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2025-04-16 | Acquisition | Complete | — | Deal โ |
| 4 |
Secure-IC
Secure-IC is quickly becoming a thought leader in the creation of sustainable em…
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2025-01-21 | Acquisition | Complete | — | Deal โ |
| 5 |
BETA CAE Systems
BETA CAE Systems develops CAE software systems that meet the requirements of all…
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2024-03-05 | Acquisition | Complete | $1.2B | Deal โ |
| 6 |
INVECAS Technologies
INVECAS aggregates IP, design and realization solutions to provide complete ASIC…
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2024-01-08 | Acquisition | Complete | — | Deal โ |
| 7 |
Intrinsix Corp.
Intrinsix Corp. is an advanced semiconductor design services company.
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2023-09-20 | Acquisition | Complete | — | Deal โ |
| 8 |
Rambus
Rambus designs, develops and licenses chip interface technologies and architectu…
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2023-07-20 | Acquisition | Complete | — | Deal โ |
| 9 |
OpenEye Scientific
OpenEye Scientific is an American software and services company focused on molec…
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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…
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2022-07-11 | Acquisition | Complete | — | Deal โ |
| 11 |
Pointwise
Pointwise is solving the top problem facing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) t…
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2021-04-15 | Acquisition | Complete | — | Deal โ |
| 12 |
NUMECA
NUMECA is focused on innovation in CFD and multiphysics analysis and optimizatio…
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2021-01-20 | Acquisition | Complete | — | Deal โ |
| 13 |
InspectAR
InspectAR is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of…
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2020-08-13 | Acquisition | Complete | — | Deal โ |
| 14 |
Integrand Software
Integrand Software provides electronic design software used to design high frequ…
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2020-02-14 | Acquisition | Complete | — | Deal โ |
| 15 |
AWR
AWR is a high-frequency EDA company, develops electronic design automation softw…
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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.
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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…
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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.
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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.
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2010-01-01 | Acquisition | Complete | — | Deal โ |
| 28 |
Nascentric
Nascentric develops and markets simulators for the analysis and functional verif…
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2009-04-11 | Acquisition | Complete | — | Deal โ |
| 29 |
Knowlent
Knowlent is an electronic design automation software company providing analog ve…
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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.
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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 …
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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 |