Siemens acquires Solido Design Automation to enhance its commitment to the IC market

In a deal, Siemens has signed an agreement to acquire Solido Design Automation, a Saskatoon-based company in Canada, a leading supplier of change-aware design and feature extraction software to global semiconductor companies. Currently, more than 40 major companies have used Solido's machine learning products in their production to enable them to design, validate and manufacture more competitive products than ever before. The acquisition of Solido will further expand Mentor's analog / mixed-signal AMS) verification product family to help customers address the growing challenges of IC design and verification in applications such as automotive, communications, data center computing, networking, handsets and the Internet of Things. The terms of the transaction have not been disclosed. Completion of the transaction in early December.

"When we acquired Mentor, we made a significant commitment to EDA," said Tony Hemmelgarn, president and CEO of Siemens PLM Software. "The new acquisition of Solido will reinforce our position while demonstrating our dedication to Commitment to serving IC industry customers. '

'Solido has become our valued partner to help our customers address the impact of change, improving IC performance, power consumption, area and yield.' 'Amit Gupta, Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer, Solido Design Automation "By combining our technology solutions with Mentor's outstanding IC performance and market reach, we are able to provide a world-class solution for the semiconductor industry in a wider range of areas. In addition, our engineering solutions and expertise We are also excited about the application of knowledge to machine learning that contributes to Siemens' broader digital strategy. "

Variability-aware design and feature extraction have been the foundation for developing modern semiconductor products with the best power, performance, and cost. When designing dedicated analog, mixed-signal, memory, and standard cell circuits for today's complex applications , Validation software needs to deliver simulation results with high confidence levels while avoiding analytical methods that consume a significant amount of time and resources Proven that Solido's unique machine-learning-based variation-aware design and feature extraction software The required level of confidence can be achieved, as well as significantly reducing time and resources and presenting unmatched data visualization.

"The combination of Solido and Mentor's leading analog mixed-signal circuit verification products creates the industry's most powerful solution portfolio to address today's IC circuit verification challenges," said Ravi Subramanian, vice president and general manager, IC Verification Solutions, Mentor Corporation. 'Solido joined Mentor at a critical time, and getting a big company such as Siemens into EDA is a true winning and winning rule for us.'

Siemens PLM Software, a division of Siemens Digital Factory Division, is the world's leading provider of software solutions dedicated to driving industrial digital transformation and creating new opportunities for manufacturers to innovate. "Siemens PLM Software, headquartered in Texas Plano, with over 140,000 customers worldwide, works with companies of all sizes with a view to changing the way in which creative production, the way products are made, and the use and understanding of operating products and assets.