Ciranova is Now Part of Synopsys
Updated: 2012-07-31 01:10:58
Synopsys has acquired Ciranova, which is a privately held electronic design automation company. Ciranova focuses on delivering productivity improvements in custom IC design. The EDA company offers tools that reduce the time and effort needed to develop transistor-level layout on advanced nodes. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Read more: Ciranova is Now [...]

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