Jul 14, 2025 | Hot Topics
China finally grants approval for Synopsys+Ansys Reuters and other news outlets are reporting that the Chinese State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has approved Synopsys’ acquisition of Ansys, subject to the following conditions: Synopsys must...
Jun 10, 2025 | Hot Topics
Movement in the EDA/China saga? News is out this morning that some access to US EDA has been restored in China. I can’t find anything from the EDA vendors themselves, but various outlets (here, citing Digitimes, which is behind a paywall; here, a tweet in...
May 30, 2025 | Hot Topics
US government tells vendors to stop selling EDA in China During the Synopsys earnings call on Wednesday, an investor asked management if they knew about the Trump administration’s letter telling EDA vendors to stop selling in China. Synopsys said no, it...
May 20, 2025 | Hot Topics
Siemens, Graitec, Trace One, Procore all do deals; Synopsys+Ansys still not closed I’m still digging out from under the news that accumulated while I was on vacation. Still, I already see that there were (of course) more PLMish deals announcemed over the last...
Sep 20, 2024 | Hot Topics
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...
Feb 14, 2024 | Hot Topics
Altium to be bought by Japanese chipmaker Renesas for nearly $US 6Billion From the “I did not see this coming” file, news just broke that Renesas Electronics will acquire Altium for AUS$9.1 billion (roughly $5.91 billion) in an all-cash...
