Jan 16, 2024 | Hot Topics
“Synopsys to Acquire Ansys, Creating a Leader in Silicon to Systems Design Solutions” Well … now we know. Synopsys announced that it plans to acquire Ansys. Deal details below, but look at their headline (press release here), pasted as the title of...
Aug 11, 2022 | Hot Topics
Siemens DI software revenue up 14%, again led by EDA Siemens today reported decent results for its fiscal third quarter even with the stresses in component supply chains and the European energy markets. The part we care most about, Digital Industries, reported revenue...
Jun 14, 2022 | Hot Topics
Quickie: Altair expands electronic system offering by acquiring Concept Engineering Altair just announced that it has acquired Concept Engineering, maker of schematic generation tools, electronic circuit and wire harness visualization platforms, and electronic design...
Feb 22, 2022 | Hot Topics
5 on a Tuesday: Quick updates on Autodesk, Cadence, Dassault Systèmes, Lectra and Trimble Autodesk sometimes makes small technology acquisitions known via its various blog platforms — and did so again, saying that it has acquired Prodsmart, a “maker of...
Feb 11, 2022 | Hot Topics
Siemens orders ahead of plan, SaaS booming Ah, Siemens. If you thought Hexagon was complicated, buckle in. Siemens AG just reported fiscal Q1 2022 results, and we’re going to roll that into a recap of fiscal 2021. There’s a lot of ground to cover, so...
Jul 20, 2021 | Hot Topics
I know – it’s not Friday, no matter how much we might wish it to be. But there’s a lot to catch up on, so let’s get right to it: Remember last month, when news broke that Autodesk was interested in acquiring Altium, the maker of EDA solutions?...
Jun 24, 2021 | Hot Topics
Cadence on CAE: delight and opportunity Over the last few months, Cadence acquired NUMECA for its CFD and Omnis offerings, and Pointwise for its meshing capabilities. These took me by surprise since both are great CAE assets that I had no idea a Cadence would be...
May 17, 2021 | Hot Topics
Siemens to acquire Supplyframe for EDA supply chain, broader digital marketplace I just noticed that Siemens today announced that it will acquire Supplyframe for $700 million, in a deal that is expected to close sometime before the end of September 2021. I am not...
May 12, 2021 | Hot Topics
4 on a Wednesday: AspenTech mulls partial sale; Siemens, 3D Systems, and Procore acquire (not each other) There’s so much going on that it’s time for a mid-week news roundup: You saw that Autodesk completed its Upchain acquisition, so we won’t cover...
