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A comprehensive list of electronic design automation (EDA) Companies can be compiled from lists of vendors-exhibitors of DAC (Design Automation Conference) held yearly for more than 30 years. EDA Companies that no longer exist (merged or died) are now listed in a separate category at the end of this page.

Existing companies

Existing EDA companies (as of 2006)
Company	EDA product(s)	Notes
ACE Associated Compiler Experts bv	CoSy Compiler Development System SuperTest Compiler Verification Suite
Advanced Circuit Engineers, LLC	?
Agilent Technologies	Advanced Design System RF Design System IC-CAP Momentum Electromagnetic Design System GENESYS SystemVue GoldenGate
Aldec, Inc.	ActiveHDL Riviera
Altium	Altium Designer (Step up from Protel) P-CAD Autotrax
Analog Bits Inc.	?
Anasift Technology, Inc.	?
Anchor Semiconductor, Inc.	?
Ansoft Corporation	HFSS (High-Frequency Structure Simulation)
Apache Design Solutions, Inc.	?
Applied Simulation Technology	?
Applied Wave Research, Inc.	Analog Office Visual System Simulator AWR is high-frequency electronic design automation (EDA) software supplier
Appro International, Inc.	?
Arithmatica, Inc.	CellMath Designer CellMath Builder CellMath Optimizer
ARM	?
Arteris	NoC Solution NoCexplorer NoCcompiler NoCprofiler
Artwork Conversion Software, Inc.	?
asicNorth, Inc.	?
ASSET InterTech, Inc.	?
Athena Design Systems	?
Atrenta, Inc.	SpyGlass SpyGlass - CDC SpyGlass - Constraints SpyGlass - DFT SpyGlass -LowPower 1Team - Implement 1Team - System 1Team - Genesis
Averant, Inc.	Formal Verification Solidify - Formal Verification IDE SolidAC - Automated Formal checker SolidPC - AMBA protocols Formal checker
Avery Design Systems, Inc.	?
Axiom Design Automation	Verilog Simulation and Debugging MPSim - Verilog simulator with multiprocessor support CTB (Compiled Testbench) Multiple Clock Domain Analysis Designer - Graphical Debugging
Azuro	?
Beach Solutions	?
Berkeley Design Automation, Inc.	Analog FastSPICE RF FastSPICE PLL Noise Analyzer
Blaze DFM, Inc.	Electrical DFM Blaze MO™ Leakage Power Optimization Blaze IF™ Intelligent Fill Synthesis
Blue Pearl Software, Inc.	Indigo RTL Analysis™ Cobalt Timing Constraint Generation™ -- false and multicycle path identification
Bluespec, Inc.	?
Brion Technologies	?
BullDAST s.r.l.	?
CAD Design Software	PCB - Schematic / PCB Design Software Hybrid/MCM - Hybrid / MCM Design Software IC Package - IC Package Design Software IC Test - IC Test Design Software
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.	Dracula - physical verification Encounter - digital IC design -place, route, timing Incisive - checking logical correctness - simulation, emulation, formal methods Virtuoso - custom IC design - layout, simulation, analysis Design For Manufacturing System In Package Silicon-Package-Board Codesign Assura
CADvision	?
Calypto Design Systems, Inc.	?
Carbon Design Systems, Inc.	?
CAST, Inc.	?
CATS Co., Ltd.	?
CebaTech, Inc.	?
Celoxica	?
Certess, Inc.	Certitude
ChipVision Design Systems AG	?
CIM-Team, a Zuken company [1].	?
Clear Shape Technologies, Inc.	?
ClioSoft, Inc.	Design Data Management for: Cadence - SOS viaDFII Mentor - SOS viaICstudio Silicon Canvas- SOS viaLaker RTL/Misc - SOS
Cologne Chip AG	?
Concept Engineering GmbH	?
CoWare, Inc.	Platform Architect Model Designer Model Library Processor Designer Signal Processing Designer Virtual Platform Virtual Platform Designer
CRC Press - Taylor & Francis Group LLC	?
CriticalBlue	?
DAC Pavilion	?
DAFCA, Inc.	ClearBlue Instrumentation Studio ClearBlue Silicon Validation Studio
DeFacTo Technologies	?
Denali Software, Inc.	Spectra PureSpec MMAV Databahn Blueprint
Design and Reuse	?
Design Workshop Technologies	?
Dini Group La Jolla, Inc. (The)	?
Dolphin Integration	?
Doulos Ltd.	?
Draco Technology, Inc.	?
Dynalith Systems Co., Ltd.	?
eInfochips, Inc.	?
Elsevier	?
EMA Design Automation, Inc.	?
Entasys Design, Inc.	?
Europractice Software Service	Access to industry standard EDA tools for European Academic
EVE	Hardware-assisted verification (Emulation and Prototyping) ZeBu-XL ZeBu-UF
Fintronic USA, Inc.	?
Flomerics, Inc.	?
Forte Design Systems	?
Fortelink, Inc.	?
FTL Systems, Inc.	?
GDA Technologies, Inc.	?
gEDA	gschem, "pcb"
Genesys Testware, Inc.	?
Gidel Ltd.	?
Giga Scale IC, Inc.	?
Golden Gate Technology, Inc.	?
Gradient Design Automation	CircuitFire
Handshake Solutions	Tools for asynchronous design
HARDI Electronics	ASIC Prototyping System HAPS
Heedsoft	improve-TLL : transistors abstraction for functional verification
Helic S.A.	?
Hewlett-Packard Co.	?
Hometown Innovation Automation, Inc.	?
IBM	?
IC Editors, Inc.	?
IC Manage	Design Data Management
Impulse Accelerated Technologies	C compiler tools for FPGA devices Impulse C
Incentia Design Systems, Inc.	?
INFINISCALE	?
Ing.-Buero FRIEDRICH	TARGET 3001! PCB, ASIC and Cable Harness Design Schematics Design Spice Simulation EMC Check Autoplacer Autorouter CAM Tools Isolation Milling Component Management System Variant Design English, German and French User Interface with Multilanguage Documentation
Intel Corporation	?
Intellitech Corp.	?
Internet CAD, Inc	iTools - place and route
Interra Systems, Inc.	Design Engineering Design and Verification CAD Flow Automation Memory Development Tools HDL FrontEnds HDL, HVL Test Suites Digital Media Test & Measurement Tools CODEC IPs
Jasper Design Automation, Inc.	?
JEDA Technologies	?
KETI / IP SoC Support Center	?
Kilopass Technology, Inc.	?
Knowlent Corp.	?
Kovac Software [2]	Schematic Capture, Simulation, PCB design AutoTRAX EDA Leonardo EDA
Labcenter Electronics, Ltd.	?
Legend Design Technology, Inc.	?
Library Technologies, Inc.	?
Liga Systems, Inc.	?
Lizotech, Inc.	?
LKSoft	ColorCAM, a CAD/CAM systems for printed circuit boards - 1983 to 1992 CircuitCAM, a printed circuit boards CAM system supporting the NC machines from LPKF IDA-STEP Electronics to link between systems involved in the electronic design and manufacturing
LogicVision, Inc.	?
Lorentz Solution	?
Lynguent, Inc.	?
Magma Design Automation, Inc.	QuickCap
Manhattan Routing, Inc.	?
MathWorks, Inc. (The)	?
MatrixOne	?
McGraw-Hill	?
Mentor Graphics	ADiT - (IC Nanometer Design: fast SPICE) ADVance MS - (IC Nanometer 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 - (IC Nanometer Design) Eldo - (IC Nanometer Design: SPICE simulator) Eldo RF - (IC Nanometer Design: SPICE simulator) Expedition - (PCB design software) IP - (intellectual property now part of embedded systems division) ModelSim LE - (IC Nanometer Design: digital design and simulation. Linux-based simulator with Dataflow Window and Waveform Compare.) ModelSim PE - (IC Nanometer Design: digital design and simulation. Windows-based simulator for VHDL, Verilog, or mixed-language simulation environments.) ModelSim SE - (IC Nanometer 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) 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 - System Architect - (ESL Design: system analysis) Vista - (ESL Design: system debug) Visual Elite - (ESL Design: system integration)
MOSIS	?
Mosys, Inc.	?
MyCAD, Inc.	?
npSilicon	?
Novelics	{IP companies formed by former Broadcom folks}
Nallatech	?
Nangate	?
Nannor Technologies, Inc.	?
Nascentric, Inc.	?
National Instruments Corp.	NI Multisim
NEC Informatec Systems, Ltd.	?
nSys Design Systems, Inc.	nVS family of Verification IPs Independent Verification SystemVerilog Migration ASIC/FPGA/IP design
Novas Software, Inc.	Verdi automated debug system Debussy debug modules Siloti visibility enhancement solutions
Obsidian Software, Inc.	?
OCP International Partnership	?
OEA International, Inc.	?
OneSpin Solutions GmbH	Advanced Formal Verification of Hardware Designs 360 MV (Complete functional verification of complex module and IP) 360 EC-ASIC (Equivalence Checking for ASIC design flows) 360 EC-FPGA (Equivalence Checking for FPGA design flows)
OptEM Engineering, Inc.	?
Orora Design Technologies	Arana (Analog/RF Analysis) Arsyn (Analog/RF Synthesis)
Optimal Corp.	?
PACT AG	Coarse-grained Reconfigurable Processing Arrays
Perception Software, Inc.	EDAConnect,SymXpert
Platform Computing, Inc.	?
Polyscale Computing, Inc.	?
Ponté Solutions, Inc.	?
Powai Labs Technology Pvt. Ltd.	IMAGE
Prentice Hall-PTR/Pearson Education, Inc.	?
ProDesign Electronic GmbH	?
Prolific, Inc.	?
Pulsic Ltd.	Lyric Unity
Pyxis Technology, Inc.	?
QThink	?
Quintics	?
Real Intent, Inc.	?
Reed Business Information	?
Rio Design Automation, Inc.	?
Runtime Design Automation	?
Sagantec	?
Sandwork Design, Inc.	?
Sarnoff Europe	?
Sequence Design, Inc.
Shearwater Group, Inc. (The)	?
Sierra Design Automation, Inc.	Pinnacle Olympus-SoC
SIGDA/DAC University Booth	N/A
Sigma-C, Inc.	?
Sigrity, Inc.	?
Silicon Canvas, Inc.	Laker custom design platform
Silicon Design Solutions, Inc.	?
Silicon Design Systems, Inc.	?
Silicon Integration Initiative - Si2, Inc.	?
Silicon Navigator, Inc.	OpenAccess Framework and tools.
Silistix, Inc.	?
Silvaco International	TCAD process and device simulation
Simantix Systems, Inc.	?
Simucad Design Automation, Inc.	Analog & mixed signal Custom IC CAD Interconnect modeling Digital CAD
SoftJin Technologies Pvt. Ltd.	Nirmaan
Solido Design Automation Inc.	Transistor-level statistical design and verification software for analog/mixed-signal, custom digital, and memory designers
Space Codesign	SpaceStudio - for exploring, debugging and analyzing hardware/software systems and for exporting them on FPGA
SpiraTech Ltd.	?
Springer	?
SpringSoft, Inc.	Laker
StarNet Communications	?
Static Free Software	Electric - a VLSI design system
Summit Design, Inc.	?
SynCira Corp.	?
Synapps Software Corp.	?
Synfora, Inc.	?
Synopsys, Inc.	Design Compiler DFT Compiler TetraMax ATPG Hercules - physical verification Physical Compiler Astro IC Compiler VCS
Synplicity, Inc.	FPGA Solutions DSP Solutions ASIC Verification Solutions
SynTest Technologies, Inc.	DFT Pro DFT insertion and ATPG package
Takumi Technology Corp.	?
Tanner EDA	?
Tarek Verification Systems	PCIE-VR: PCI Express Verification IP PCIE-VR: PCI Express High-performance Transactor Draco-VA: ASIC Verification Automation Solutions
Target Compiler Technologies	?
Teklatech	?
Tenison	?
Tensilica, Inc.	?
Tera Route LLC	?
Tharas Systems, Inc.	?
TransEDA Systems Ltd.	?
True Circuits, Inc.	?
TurboTools Corporation	?
UniqueICs, LLC	?
VaST Systems Technology	CoMET METeor
VeriEZ Solutions, Inc.	?
Verific Design Automation	?
Veritools, Inc.	?
ViASIC, Inc.	?
Virage Logic Corporation	By providing a selection of silicon-proven, fully characterized IP that is tightly coupled into all the major EDA flows, Virage Logic’s IP addresses the needs of complex and mainstream SoC designs.
Visionics India Pvt. Ltd.	EE Designer EDWinXP MacroSim Digital Simulator
Western Design Center, Inc. (The)	?
Xoomsys	?
XYALIS	CMP dummy filling tools Mask preparation tools, MPC or MPW or shuttles layout optimization
Y Explorations, Inc.	?
Z Circuit Automation, Inc.	?
Zeemz	LogicSim
Zeland Software, Inc.	?
Zuken Inc.	Cabling Designer Cadstar Comoran CR5000 Visula

EDA Companies that no longer exist

EDA companies that no longer exist (as of 2006)
Company	EDA product(s)	Notes
Abstract Hardware, Ltd.	?
Analog Design Automation	Creative Genius, IP Explorer	bought by Synopsys in 2004, Synopsys combined products into one called Circuit Explorer
Analogy	?	bought by Avant!
Arkos Design	Arkos — custom processor emulator (released as a Synopsys product)	bought by Synopsys in 1995, [3] sold to Quickturn in 1997 [4]
Avant! Corporation	Apollo Hercules H-SPICE StarRC	merged into Synopsys [5] in 2002
ArcSys		merged by Avant! Corporation
Axis Systems, Inc.		merged by Cadence in 2004
Barcelona Design	?
Aprio Technologies, Inc.	Halo	Merged with Blaze DFM in Feb 2007
CAD Language Systems, Inc.	?	bought by Compass Design Automation 10-Q by IKOS that mentions this buyout
Cadabra Design Automation	abraCAD abraMAP	bought by Numerical Technologies [6]
Calma	?	merged into Valid, then Cadence Design Systems^[1]
Chrysalis Symbolic Design, Inc.	Design Verifyer, Design Insight	bought by Avant! Corporation(1999)
CommandCAD, Inc.	?	Bought by Cadence (EEtimes story)
Compass Design Automation	?	split off from VLSI Technology, Inc, then bought by Avant! Corporation [7]
Daisy Systems
ECAD, Inc.	Dracula - DRC	merged with SDA Systems in 1987 to create Cadence
Hier Design Inc.	planAhead	Acquired by Xilinx in 2004. planAhead still supported by Xilinx.
Ikos Systems	Nsim — simulation accelerator Vstation — emulator	merged into Mentor Graphics [8]
Interhdl, Inc.	?	bought by Avant! Corporation^[2]
Incases Engineering GmbH	Theda Comoran EMC-Workbench EMC-Engineer	bought by Zuken, Inc.[9]
Innoveda	?	merged with Mentor
Monterey Design Systems	Dolphin and IC Wizard	Ran out of money. Assets sold to Synopsys.
PiE Design Systems	?	merged with Quickturn in 1993 [10] [11]
Praesagus, Inc.	?	bought by Cadence in 2006 Article from EETimes
Protel	?	renamed as Altium
Router Solutions Inc	?	Merged with Mentor Graphics at the end of 2006.
Racal-Redac	?	bought by Zuken, Inc.^{[citation needed]}
SDA Systems	?	merged with ECAD, Inc. in 1987 to create Cadence
Viewlogic	?	merged with Innoveda
TransEDA, Ltd	?	assets purchased by private investors who then created TransEDA Systems, Ltd.^{[citation needed]}
Quickturn Design Systems	CoBALT — custom processor emulator HDL-ICE — RTL front-end Mercury - emulator SpeedSim - cycle-based simulator	merged with Cadence in 1998 [12] [13]
Valid Logic Systems	?	merged into Cadence [14]
Zenasis Technologies, Inc.	?	Shut down and assets bought by Open-Silicon, Inc, May 2007

References

^ Carl Machover (1998). "About This Issue". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 20 (2): 3–6.
^ V. Schaffer and W Holman (1999). "Low-Voltage CMOS Analog Computational Circuits". 42nd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. Vol. 1. pp. 271–274. {{cite conference}}: External link in |title= (help); Unknown parameter |booktitle= ignored (|book-title= suggested) (help)

The list of existing companies was compiled partly from the 2006-DAC exhibitor's list.

EDA companies, List of

[1] Carl Machover (1998). "About This Issue". IEEE Annals of the History of Computing. 20 (2): 3–6.

[2] V. Schaffer and W Holman (1999). "Low-Voltage CMOS Analog Computational Circuits". 42nd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems. Vol. 1. pp. 271–274. {{cite conference}}: External link in |title= (help); Unknown parameter |booktitle= ignored (|book-title= suggested) (help)

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