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Synopsys confirms SIGMA-C acquisition |
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Aug 16, 2006 at 06:10 PM |
 Synopsys has confirmed that it has acquired lithography modeling specialist SIGMA-C in a $20.5 million all cash transaction. The acquisition is intended to boost Synopsys Design for Manufacturing (DFM) software portfolio while enabling closer modeling to actual manufacturing layouts of critical lithography steps.
"By more tightly integrating design and manufacturing, Synopsys helps design and manufacturing engineers reduce risks associated with complex chip implementation," said Dr. Raul Camposano, senior vice president and CTO of Synopsys. "The acquisition of SIGMA-C reinforces Synopsys' commitment to improving customers' yield by providing yet another critical link in the design-to-manufacturing process. For customers, the benefits are more accurate, predictive modeling capabilities, leading to lower development costs and increased yield."
SIGMA-C products are seen within the lithography community as highly accurate model generators that to ensure high accuracy and consistency of simulation results between
design and manufacturing.
"At 65 nanometers and below, lithography is a key process step to define critical patterns and control yield variations. Combining SIGMA-C's lithography modeling expertise with Synopsys' best-of-breed EDA, TCAD and DFM solutions is a logical next step in addressing the challenges at advanced technology nodes," said Dr. Christian K. Kalus, founder, president and CTO of Sigma-C. "This acquisition signifies a major step towards providing integrated simulation and DFM solutions to our mutual customers. We are excited to be part of Synopsys."
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