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 (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 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)...
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...
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...
Hexagon reports flat Q2 2023, looks ahead to economic recovery
Hexagon reports flat Q2 2023, looks ahead to economic recovery Last week, Hexagon reported Q2 total revenue of €1,353 million, flat year/year, amid global weakness in the construction sector and slowing investments in automotive, affecting sales of sensing and robotic...
PLMish earnings update: Nemetschek, Cadence, SAP all hold steady
PLMish earnings update: Nemetschek, Cadence, SAP all hold steady The first real week of PLMish earnings went reasonably well. Dassault Systèmes gave more detail on the disappointing news from a few weeks ago but didn’t fundamentally change anything. Hexagon saw a...
Super quick schnitgercorp.com RSS update
Super quick schnitgercorp.com RSS update Do you still use RSS, Real Simple Syndication? I do — it’s an old-fashioned way of finding out who’s written what without going to each blog site. Unfortunately, fewer websites are creating RSS feeds, and so...
