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Press Release19 May 2025Siemens AGPlano, Texas, USA
Siemens to bring advanced timing constraint capabilities to EDA design flow with Excellicon acquisition
Siemens has entered into an agreement to acquire Excellicon to bring its best-in-class software for the development, verification, and management of timing constraints to Siemens’ EDA portfolio of software for IC design
The SoC design landscape is rapidly evolving,
driven in part by growing design complexity. Timing constraints management is required
throughout the design process to meet power, performance, area and
time-to-market requirements.
“Effective timing constraints management is crucial for the overall success of semiconductor system-on-chip designs,” said Mike Ellow, CEO, Siemens EDA, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “Excellicon’s constraint verification and management solution complements Siemens’ existing EDA offerings and expands our portfolio into key market segments in flows with the Questa, Tessent, Aprisa and PowerPro products.”
The addition of Excellicon’s comprehensive, proven product portfolio covers the entire spectrum of timing constraints
authoring, compiling, verification, formal validation and management using a
multi-mode approach that bridges early design concepts with their physical
implementation – offering insights into partitioning schemes for optimal
floorplans and timing. The integration of Excellicon’s timing constraint verification
and management technology into Siemens will strengthen both implementation and
verification flows.
“We are
delighted to join Siemens and bring our knowledge and expertise in timing
constraints management to the wider Siemens EDA community,” said Himanshu Bhatnagar, CEO, Excellicon. “Together, we’ll be able to provide better
process coverage and enable our customers to deliver robust innovation to
market more quickly and overcome the ever-growing complexity challenges facing
the IC industry.”
Founded in
2009 in Laguna Hills, USA, Excellicon develops tools for timing
constraints used in digital design and verification workflow. Terms of the acquisition, which is expected to close in a few
weeks, were not disclosed.
To learn more about how Siemens is delivering the world’s most comprehensive portfolio of electronic design automation (EDA) services visit: http://www.siemens.com/eda.
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