Synopsys + Ansys stalls in UK and South Korea

Synopsys + Ansys stalls in UK and South Korea

Synopsys + Ansys stalls in UK and South Korea Yes, there’s lots of earnings news to cover, but this just came across the inbox: the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will be investigating Synopsys’ proposed acquisition of Ansys because...
MuM starts PLMish earnings on a strong, but mixed, note

MuM starts PLMish earnings on a strong, but mixed, note

MuM starts PLMish earnings on a strong, but mixed, note Mensch und Maschine reported its July/August/September results a few days ago. If you recall, Mensch und Maschine is both an Autodesk reseller and a supplier of its own software. As of mid-September, Autodesk...
Synopsys + Ansys stalls in UK and South Korea

Synopsys to sell optical assets to Keysight (maybe)

Synopsys to sell optical assets to Keysight (maybe) Last night, Synopsys announced that it has agreed to sell its Optical Solutions Group (OSG) to Keysight Technologies. You may recall that Synopsys is in the process of seeking approval to acquire Ansys and that...
nTop secures investment from NVIDIA’s NVentures

nTop secures investment from NVIDIA’s NVentures

nTop secures investment from NVIDIA’s NVentures (Yes, many Ns, but that’s actually correct spelling and capitalization.) nTop, fka nTopology, just announced that it has received an unspecified investment from NVIDIA’s venture capital arm, NVentures....
Bentley acquires Cesium to iTwin 3D GIS workflows

Bentley acquires Cesium to iTwin 3D GIS workflows

Bentley acquires Cesium to iTwin 3D GIS workflows I am still trying to get caught up on earnings digests, but this just jumped to the head of the queue: Bentley Systems just announced that it had acquired Cesium, makers of a very cool platform for creating (and using)...
nTop secures investment from NVIDIA’s NVentures

A wander through PLMish earnings so far

A wander through PLMish earnings so far This has been an unusually long and somewhat fraught earnings season. We started with Dassault Systèmes’ preannouncement, wandered through the drama around Autodesk’s delayed publication of its fiscal 2024 (ended 31...
Synopsys + Ansys stalls in UK and South Korea

Super-quick: Renesas completes Altium acquisition

Super-quick: Renesas completes Altium acquisition Renesas announced yesterday that it had completed the AUS$9.1 billion (Yen 887.9 billion; US$6 billion or so) acquisition of Altium and that Altium is now a Renesas subsidiary. In announcing the closing, Renesas CEO...