M&A Deal Summary

Synopsys Acquires eSilicon - IP Assets

On November 11, 2019, Synopsys acquired information technology company eSilicon - IP Assets from eSilicon

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Synopsys’ 5th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Synopsys’ 38th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Synopsys’ 28th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2019-11-11
Target eSilicon - IP Assets
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Synopsys
Sellers(s) eSilicon
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

eSilicon - IP Assets

San Jose, California, United States
eSilicon Corp. - IP Assets include embedded memory (SRAM, TCAM, multi-port memory compiler) and interface (HBM and HBI).

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Buyer(S) 1

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 58 of 71
Sector: Information Technology M&A 5 of 7
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 5 of 7
State: California M&A 28 of 31
Country: United States M&A 38 of 45
Year: 2019 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-08-06 QTronic

Berlin, Germany

QTronic GmbH is a provider of tools for virtual validation of automotive software. QTronic GmbH flagship products include Silver, a virtual ECU platform that transfers development tasks from the road and test rigs to Microsoft Windows PC, and TestWeaver, an intelligent test automation solution with powerful test case generator, requiring minimal specification.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2020-01-09 Tinfoil Security

Mountain View, California, United States

Tinfoil Security, Inc. is a provider of dynamic application security testing (DAST) and Application Program Interface (API) security testing solutions. Tinfoil Security, Inc. was established in 2011 and is based in Mountain View, California.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

eSilicon

San Jose, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 2000
Sector Semiconductors
DESCRIPTION

eSilicon Corp. is a semiconductor design and manufacturing services provider, delivering custom ICs and custom IP to OEMs, independent device manufacturers (IDMs), fabless semiconductor companies (FSCs) and wafer foundries.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Information Technology M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2019 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-05-27 Silicon Design Solutions

Milpitas, California, United States

Silicon Design Solutions, Inc. operates as a semiconductor IP company.

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