Siemens announced its agreement to acquire the Canadian semiconductor software supplier Solido design Automation. Solido mainly to the semiconductor factory supply Variation Awareness (variation-aware) design and characterization (characterization) software. The together was the first acquisition by Siemens in the field of electronic design automation (EDA) since 2017, when it bought mentor Graphics for $4.5 billion earlier, according to the EE Times report. Solido will be incorporated into the Mentor IC Verification Solutions division. Ravi Subramanian, vice president and general manager of Mentor IC Verification Solutions, said the company saw an excellent opportunity to expand its customer base with Solido technology. In addition to continuing to support existing customers of Solido and introducing Solido design and characterization software based on machine learning into existing mentor customers ' product lines, mentor also plans to integrate tools for new customers. Solido was founded in 2005 in Saskatchewan Province, Canada, and is a company supported by venture capital. Solido's variant design IC design tool can be used for memory, analog/RF and standard component mutation awareness design, while its feature description function provides fast, accurate library characterization tools, combined with machine learning techniques. Solido founder, President and CEO Amit Gupta said, Solido Rapid development, two consecutive years in the selection of Industry letter (Deloitte) High-tech high-growth 500 Strong technology companies (Technology Fast 500). Incorporating mentor is an excellent opportunity for companies to use company technology, Gupta said. I am pleased to be able to use the mentor access to the company's products in the market to obtain a wider range of applications. Mentor has been less active than its main competitor Synopsys and Cadence Design. Subramanian said that after incorporating into Siemens, let the company focus on EDA, and have sufficient funds to selectively pursue the mentor business growth meaningful purchase together. Subramanian pointed out that Siemens provides more resources to correct the acquisition of the correct rate of return on investment. Solido and some 65 employees, including Gupta, will be incorporated into mentor and will remain in the headquarters of the Saskatchewan province to operate in order to obtain a wider range of talents. Mentor expects the together to be completed by early December.
