M&A Deal Summary

Synopsys Acquires MOSAID Semiconductor IP Assets

On July 30, 2007, Synopsys acquired semiconductors company MOSAID Semiconductor IP Assets from MOSAID for 15M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Synopsys’ 3rd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Synopsys’ 20th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Synopsys’ 2nd transaction in Canada.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-07-30
Target MOSAID Semiconductor IP Assets
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Synopsys
Sellers(s) MOSAID
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 15M USD

Target

MOSAID Semiconductor IP Assets

Canada
MOSAID Semiconductor IP Assets, a double data rate (DDR) memory controller and PHY semiconductor IP products.

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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 16 of 71
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 3 of 10
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 7
Country: Canada M&A 2 of 4
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 20 of 23
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-18 ArchPro Design Automation

Milpitas, California, United States

ArchPro Design Automation, Inc. technologies enable engineers to address power management challenges in multi-voltage designs from chip architecture to RTL and gate-level design.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-10-02 Sandwork Design

Mountain View, California, United States

Sandwork Design, Inc., is a provider of analog and mixed-signal (AMS) verification solutions. Sandwork's approach to verification enables engineers to efficiently analyze and debug complex AMS systems-on-chips (SoCs).

Buy $24M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

MOSAID

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Category Company
Founded 1975
Sector Business Services
DESCRIPTION

MOSAID is a global intellectual property management company known for its principled approach to patent licensing. With a portfolio of thousands of patents and patent applications under management, MOSAID has special expertise in semiconductors and communications technology. MOSAID was founded in 1975 and is based in Ottawa, Ontario.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: Canada M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1