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A List of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Companies
A List of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Companies
Tools
Existing companies [ edit ]
Altium Designer
PCB Design
Circuit Simulation
Altium Designer - PCB Design software, Schematic Capture and Circuit Simulation
Altium Vault - Design Data Management Solution
PDN Analyzer - Power Distribution and Network Analysis (A/C)
CircuitStudio - easy-to-use PCB design tool
CircuitMaker - free community-driven PCB design tool for makers
SOLIDWORKS PCB Connector - OEM Product provides link from AD to you MCAD environment in
SOLIDWORKS
EDA Connect - Direct Link Between Altium Environment & Enterprise PLM
Altium Protel PCB (discontinued)
P-CAD (discontinued - former EDA from Accel Technologies)
Autotrax (discontinued)
EasyTrax (discontinued)
EDAConnect
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
Pharos
VeloceRF
RaptorX
Exalto
EAGLE
123D Circuits (formerly Circuits.io; discontinued) - online EDA
Electronics Lab
PCB Design
Autodesk
Circuit Scribe
MESH
Autodesk Library.io - parts library management tool
Tinkercad Circuits (formerly Electronics Lab[1])
Verification IPs
Avery Design Systems SimXACT: Gate-level simulation productivity tool with focus on X-pessimism removal
SimCluster: Parallel logic simulation environment
Cadence Design System Development Suite with Verification Computing Platform, Virtual System Platform, Incisive
Systems 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
Innovus - Digital IC design
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 Diagnostics
Encounter - Design Implementation
Encounter - QRC (Extraction & Checking)
Encounter - Nanoroute
Allegro - PC/MCM design
Incisive - functional verification
Design for Manufacturing
Specctra autorouter
OrCAD
PSpice
Denali Software products
Specctra
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
Forte Design Systems products
Cynthesizer
Platform:
AWR Design Environment – high frequency (RF/microwave) design
Simulators:
Microwave Office - RF/microwave circuit simulation, APLAC - Harmonic balance solver for nonlinear,
frequency domain circuit simulation
Analog Office - analog/RFIC simulation
Visual System Simulator (VSS) - system level communication/radar simulator
EM solvers:
AXIEM (3D planar electromagnetic simulator) – 3D planar, Method of Moments
Analyst (Arbitrary 3D FEM simulator) – full 3D, finite element method with adaptive meshing
AntSyn – Antenna Synthesis
Concept Engineering StarVision
GmbH
GateVision
RTLvision
SpiceVision
Nlview Widgets
COSEDA
COSIDE
Technologies
TopoR - topological router for printed circuit boards laid out in any compatible systems that use the PCAD
ASCII PCB, PADS ASCII PCB or DSN format
Eremex SimOne - circuit simulation (the basic circuit analyses common to SPICE modeling systems + stability
analysis)
Delta Design - software tool for electronic design automation (EDA)
GDP Design & IP Management, Envision Design Progress Analytics, Envision Verification Analytics, High
IC Manage
Performance Computing
Schematic editor
Simulation PSpice compliant
PCB design
Front panel design
SQL component database
3D model design, STEP Import, STEP Export
PCB assembly price calculator
Electra: High speed auto router
COMPONIVERSE: A component exchange
MID Design
Nebula Silicon Debugger - Interactive program which connects to Synopsys VCS and Cadence Design
Intellitech
Systems NCSim for pre-silicon validation with cross-reference during connection to real silicon
Platforms:
PathWave Advanced Design System – (formerly EEsof ADS) – RF, microwave, high frequency and high speed digital design EDA
software for wireless communications and networking, aerospace and defense, and signal integrity applications
PathWave EMPro (formerly EEsof EMPro or Electromagnetic Professional also know to formerly Antenna Modeling Design System)
- 3D EM platform that integrates 3D EM simulation and circuit simulation
PathWave Device Modeling (formerly EEsof Integrated Circuit Characterization and Analysis Program (IC-CAP)), PathWave Model
Builder (formerly MBP), PathWave Model QA (MQA), PathWave WaferPro - Device modeling, characterization, and validation
PathWave RF Synthesis (formerly EEsof/Eagleware Genesys) - RF and microwave design for circuit board and subsystem
designers
Keysight Technologies PathWave System Design (formerly EEsof/Eagleware/Elanix SystemVue) - Electronic system-level design tool for system architects
EEsof EDA division and algorithm developers to change the physical layer (PHY) of wireless and aerospace/defense communications systems
PathWave RFIC Design (formerly EEsof GoldenGate and RF Design Environment) - RFIC/RF mixed signal simulator (Xpedion
acquisition)
EM solvers:
Momentum – 3D planar EM simulator that uses frequency domain Method of Moments (MoM) technology. Available with the
PathWave ADS, RF Synthesis, and RFIC Design platforms
FEM Element – full wave 3D simulator, frequency domain, available with the PathWave ADS and EMPro platforms
FDTD Element– full 3D, ttime domain simulator to analyze 3D structures. Available with the PathWave EM Design platform
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
HDL Designer Series
SafetyScope: Computes the FIT rates and diagnostic coverage metrics for permanent and transient faults
Annealer: Safety synthesis tools for adding error correcting codes (ECC), error detection codes (EDC),
block level duplication or triple instances or design.
RadioScope: Safety synthesis tools for adding ECC or EDC to banks of flops, duplication of critical sections
of the design, addition of illegal condition checks.
KaleidoScope: Fault campaign tool capable of fault propagation and disposition of injected faults into
detected, safe and undetected faults.
Novarm DipTrace
Custom IC CAD
Library Platform
TCAD
Pulsonix
Pulsonix Schematic Capture
Pulsonix Advanced PCB Layout
Embedded Component Technology
Flexi-rigid Circuit Design
Chip-on-board Design
WestDev
Spice Mixed Mode A/D Simulation
Constraints Driven Interactive High Speed Design
Shape Based Autorouter
Product Life Management(PLM) Interface
Corporate Database Connection Interface
3D View
Cabling Designer
Cadstar
Zuken CR-5000
CR-8000
Visula
Lattice Diamond
Lattice Semiconductor
iCEcube2
Digi-Key Scheme-it - online EDA; developed by Aspen Labs (subsidiary of Arrow Electronics).
Interactive Image
Technologies or
acquired by National Instruments in 2005
Electronics
Workbench
LogicVision acquired by Mentor Graphics in 2009
Magma Design
acquired by Synopsys in 2012
Automation
NanGate acquired by Silvaco in 2018
Nimbic (formerly
acquired by Mentor in 2014[2]
Physware)
OrCAD acquired by Cadence in 1999
Protel renamed as Altium
Solido Design
acquired by Siemens in 2017
Automation
acquired by Synopsys[12]
Verdi - automated debug system
Debussy - debug modules
SpringSoft, Inc.
Siloti - visibility enhancement solutions
Certitude - Functional Qualification System
Laker - Custom Layout System
DAFCA ClearBlue
References [ edit ]
1. ^ Autodesk 123D apps , Autodesk 8. ^ Carl Machover (1998). "About This Issue". IEEE Annals of the
2. ^ a b "Mentor Graphics Acquires Nimbic, Inc" . mentor.com (Press History of Computing. 20 (2): 3–6.
release). May 20, 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-07. 9. ^ "Vision fulfilled: SNPS acquires Ciranova" . EDACafe.com. 2012-
3. ^ "COMPANY NEWS; Cadence Acquires Software Company" . EE 08-01. Retrieved 2013-09-19.
Times. 2004-01-28. Retrieved 2014-09-25. 10. ^ "Updated: Intel acquires ESL firm CoFluent" . EETimes.com.
4. ^ "COMPANY NEWS; Cadence Acquires Software Company" . 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
The New York Times. 1990-04-11. Retrieved 2013-07-01. 11. ^ Cadence press release: Cadence to Enhance High-Level
5. ^ "Synopsys to acquire Avanti for $830 million" . EETimes.com. Synthesis Offering with Acquisition of Forte Design Systems
Retrieved 2010-05-07. 12. ^ "Synopsys to buy SpringSoft for $406 million" . Eetimes.com.
6. ^ AVANT CORP IPO filing at EDGAR Retrieved 2013-05-20.
7. ^ "Cadence acquires power specialist Azuro" . EETimes. July 12, 13. ^ "Synopsys acquires Synplicity-What does it mean?" .
2011. Retrieved 2013-05-20. Eetimes.com. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
14. ^ "EDA Innovation through Merger and Acquisitions" .
0.edacafe.com. 2006-05-22. Retrieved 2010-05-07.
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