M&A Deal Summary

Synopsys Acquires Magma Design Automation

On November 30, 2011, Synopsys acquired technology hardware company Magma Design Automation for 523M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Synopsys’ 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Synopsys’ 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Synopsys’ 26th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Synopsys’ 1st transaction in Arkansas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2011-11-30
Target Magma Design Automation
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Synopsys
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 523M USD
Advisor(s) Qatalyst Partners (Financial)

Target

Magma Design Automation

San Jose, Arkansas, United States
Magma Design Automation, Inc. is a provider of TektonTM, a next-generation timing analysis platform that offers significantly higher capacity and dramatically faster runtimes than traditional tools, without sacrificing accuracy. Tekton is the first static timing analysis solution to deliver fast multi-scenario analysis on a single CPU.

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Buyer

Synopsys

Sunnyvale, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1986
Sector Software
Employees20,300
Revenue 5.8B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Synopsys' corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.
Entrance to Synopsys' corporate headquarters in Mountain View, California.

Synopsys with companies to develop electronic products and software applications. Synopsys provides electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP solutions. Synopsys was founded in 1986 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 32 of 70
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 4
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 29 of 63
State (Arkansas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 26 of 44
Year (2011) 3 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 23
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-10-07 Extreme DA

Santa Clara, California, United States

Extreme DA LLC, develops software to improve integrated circuit (IC) design performance, power consumption and manufacturing yields.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-23 ExpertIO

Simi Valley, California, United States

ExpertIO, Inc., is a provider of verification IP (VIP) for industry standard protocols.

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