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Synopsys Acquires Accelerant Networks

On February 20, 2004, Synopsys acquired semiconductors company Accelerant Networks for 24M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Synopsys’ 2nd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Synopsys’ 17th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Synopsys’ 8th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Synopsys’ 1st transaction in Oregon.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-02-20
Target Accelerant Networks
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Synopsys
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 24M USD

Target

Accelerant Networks

Beaverton, Oregon, United States
Accelerant Networks, Inc. operates as a fabless semiconductor company that develops CMOS based transceivers for serial backplane communication and future broadband infrastructure semiconductor solutions.

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Buyer

Synopsys

Sunnyvale, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Software
Employees20,000
Revenue 6.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Synopsys' corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Entrance to Synopsys' corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Synopsys is a global software company providing electronic design automation tools, semiconductor intellectual-property blocks, and verification & simulation solutions that help engineers design, test, and build integrated circuits, systems-on-chip, and complex electronics. Synopsys was founded in 1986 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 71
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 2 of 10
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 8 of 64
State: Oregon M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 8 of 45
Year: 2004 M&A 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 17 of 23
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