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Cadence Design
Systems, Inc., has its
headquarters in San Jose, California, with sales offices, design
centers, and research facilities around the world to serve the global
electronics industry. Cadence enables global electronic-design
innovation and plays an essential role in the creation of today’s
integrated circuits and electronics. Customers use Cadence software and
hardware, methodologies, and services to design and verify advanced
semiconductors, consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications
equipment, and computer systems. Cadence reported 2004 revenues of
approximately $1.2 billion, and has approximately 5,000 employees. |
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| HISTORY | TYPE | Divestiture |
| HISTORY | TYPE | Acquisitions / Strategic Investment |
| Apr 7, 2005 | TC | Verisity, Ltd. (Nasdaq: VRST), a Mountain View, Calif.-based provider of verification process automation (VPA) solutions. Cadence acquired Verisity in an all-cash transaction for approximately $315 million. | Linked to: 2001 IPOs; Charter Ventures; Eurofund; Focus Ventures; Gemini Capital Fund Management Ltd.; Gemini Israel; Sequoia Capital |
| Apr 6, 2004 |
DA2A TND |
Neolinear, Inc., a privately held company. Neolinear's rapid analog design technology is critical for the consumer and communications markets where semiconductors are increasingly differentiated by their analog content. TND | Linked to: CEO Venture Fund; Intersouth Partners; Techno Venture Management |
| Jan 5, 2004 |
TC TND |
Q Design Automation, Inc. (QDA), a privately held company and the leading provider of innovative solutions for migrating and optimizing IC layout, a critical bottleneck in today's designs. |
| Jul 14, 2003 | DA2A | Milpitas, Calif.-based Verplex Systems, Inc., the acknowledged leader in formal verification electronic design software. | Linked to: Vincera Ventures |
| May 7, 2003 |
TC TND |
K2 Technologies, Inc., an industry leader in mask data preparation. |
| Apr 10, 2003 | DA2A | Get2Chip, provider of the world's most advanced nanometer-scale synthesis technology to top chip and system design companies. | Linked to: Benchmark Capital; Blue Chip Venture; Intel Capital; Venglobal Capital; Wafra Partners |
| Jan 15, 2003 | TC | Celestry Design Technologies, Inc. | Linked to: Harbinger Venture Management; iGlobal Partners |
| Jun 27, 2002 | TC | Simplex Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SPLX), a Sunnyvale, California-based company that provides software and services for the design and verification of chips. Approximately $300 million | Linked to: 2001 IPOs; Attractor Investment Management; Cadence Design Systems, Inc.; Intel Capital; Mayfield; WorldView Technology Partners |
| Apr 24, 2002 |
DA2A TND |
Plato Design Systems, Inc., a privately held design technology firm headquartered in San Jose. | Linked to: DragonVenture |
| Dec 20, 2000 |
TC TND |
Silicon Perspective Corporation (SPC), a privately-held design technology firm headquartered in Santa Clara, California, specializing in virtual prototyping. |
| Apr 12, 2001 | TND | Assets of the emulation division of Mitsui Bussan Digital Corporation. | Linked to: Mitsui Bussan Digital Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsui and Company, Ltd |
| Mar 2, 2001 |
TC TND |
CadMOS Design Technology, Inc., a privately held design tools firm headquartered in San Jose, Calif. | Linked to: Intel Capital; Parker Price Venture Capital; U.S. Venture Partners |
| TYPE | |
| DA2A (DA2M) | Definite Agreement to Acquire (Merge) |
| DA | Definite Agreement |
| TC | Transaction Completed |
| TND | Terms of the transaction were not disclosed |
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