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Synopsys, Inc.

Synopsys, Inc.
Public
Traded as NASDAQSNPS
S&P 500 Component
Industry Software & Programming
Founded 1986 by David Gregory, Aart de Geus
Headquarters Mountain View, California, U.S.
Key people
Aart J. de Geus
(Founder, Chairman & co-CEO)
Chi-Foon Chan
(President & co-CEO)
Revenue Increase $2.42 billion USD (FY 2016)
Increase $266.83 million USD (FY 2016)
Number of employees
10,362 (Q2 Fiscal 2016)
Website www.synopsys.com
ARC Embedded Processors
Private company
Industry Digital IP
Embedded Processor Cores
DSP Cores
Headquarters Mountain View, California
Key people
Yankin Tanurhan, VP Processors, SoC, and NVM
Products Processor IP
Number of employees
110 (before acquisition)
Website Official website
CoWare, Inc.
Private
Industry Software & Programming
Founded 1996
Headquarters San Jose, California
Key people
Alan Naumann,
President/CEO
Website www.coware.com
Novas Software
Private Company
Fate Acquisition
Founded 1996
Defunct 2008
Headquarters San Jose, California
Key people
Scott Sandler, President & CEO
Products Debussy Debug System
Verdi Automated Debug
Siloti Visibility Enhancement
Website www.novas.com
SpringSoft
Public Company
Traded as : 2473
Founded 1996
Headquarters Hsinchu, Taiwan
Key people
Martin Lu, CEO
Products Debussy Debug System
Verdi Automated Debug
Siloti Visibility Enhancement
Website SpringSoft
Coverity, Inc.
Private
Industry Development testing
Fate Acquired by Synopsys
Founded November 2002
Headquarters San Francisco, CA
Key people
Andreas Kuehlmann (SVP & GM)
Products Coverity Code Advisor, Coverity Code Advisor on Demand, Coverity Scan, Coverity Test Advisor, Seeker
Number of employees
250+
Website https://coverity.com/

Coordinates: 37°23′32″N 122°02′50″W / 37.3921°N 122.0471°W / 37.3921; -122.0471

Synopsys, Inc., an American company, is the leading company by sales in the Electronic Design Automation industry. Synopsys' first and best-known product is Design Compiler, a logic-synthesis tool. Synopsys offers a wide range of other products used in the design of an application-specific integrated circuit. Products include logic synthesis, behavioral synthesis, place and route, static timing analysis, formal verification, hardware description language (SystemC, SystemVerilog/Verilog, VHDL) simulators as well as transistor-level circuit simulation. The simulators include development and debugging environments which assist in the design of the logic for chips and computer systems.

Founded in 1986 by Aart J. de Geus and engineers from General Electric's Microelectronics Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, Synopsys was first established as "Optimal Solutions" with a charter to develop and market synthesis technology developed by the team at General Electric.

ARC International PLC was the designer of ARC (Argonaut RISC Core) embedded processors, which were widely used in SoC devices for IoT, storage, digital home, mobile, and automotive applications. ARC processors have been licensed by more than 200 companies and are shipped in more than 1.5 Billion products per year. ARC International was acquired by Synopsys in 2010.


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