Cadence acquires Get2Chip

BANGALORE: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Get2Chip, provider of the world"s most advanced nanometer-scale synthesis technology to top chip and system design companies. Cadence plans to integrate Get2Chip"s technology into its market-leading Cadence® Encounter platform for digital integrated circuit (IC) design.

"Major customers have enthusiastically embraced the Get2Chip product,"said Ray Bingham, president and CEO of Cadence."I am personally delighted to bring such an outstanding technology team into Cadence."

Get2Chip"s patented core technology, called "global focused synthesis," provides the industry"s highest synthesis capacity and performance, and produces superior logic and interconnect structures for nanometer-scale physical design. It complements the existing Cadence synthesis solution and extends the company"s lead in delivering the best wires for nanometer-scale designs.

Get2Chip"ssynthesis technology has already established significant customer successes and has been adopted by the world"s leading producers of processors, graphics and networking chips.

Commenting on the acquisition, Bernd U. Braune, Get2Chip"s chairman and CEO, said, "Get2Chip has demonstrated the impact of next-generation synthesis technology on nanometer designs. We have already enabled multiple designs of over 50 million gates with less effort and less cost. My whole team is excited about the synergy between Get2Chipand Cadence SoC Encounter."