Atrenta s spyglass predictive analysis solution provides a link between early soc design ideas and the implementation process leading to the manufacture of complex socs. Atrenta acquires nextop design automation conference. This complements atrentas spyglass products for improving the process for design of complex semiconductor ip and socs. Zhu was a member of the advanced technology group at synopsys. Atrentas products focus on improving efficiency and reducing cost for. Predictive development is a new class of design automation solution that turns the costly and errorprone activity of electronic development into a more predictable, manageable and reliable process. We were so pleased to find a local software company that could custom build a budgetconscious and operationallysavvy. We learned about xtern software through my rotary club. Atrenta takes three of five top spots in deepchip dac user. Ajoy bose overview ajoy bose has been associated with eight companies, according to public records. Five of the companies are still active while the remaining three are now listed as inactive. During that project, they developed a piece of software that looked at a synthesizable. Atrentas recent acquisition of nextop looks like that kind of play.
Ic manage hires craig shirley as vice president of. Ceo of synopsys will be presenting a keynote that will most likely dwell on the newest major tool release from his company. At atrenta he holds the title of chief verification architect. A brief history of atrenta and rtl design semiwiki. Ic manage hires craig shirley as vice president of worldwide sales. Yunshan zhu vp of new technologies atrenta linkedin. Construct and design buildings for optimal working conditions. Nextop software sells a tool bugscope that provides assertion synthesis technology. I went to atrentas office to talk to ajoy bose ceo and mike gianfagna vp marketing. Atrenta announced it has acquired nextop software, allowing atrenta to expand its defacto standard spyglass rtl platform to include functional verification using nextops patented dynamic assertion synthesis technology, and creating a more complete soc realization platform. Atrenta s spyglass predictive analysis software platform significantly improves design efficiency for the worlds leading semiconductor and consumer electronics companies. Our tool is now widely deployed in production at multiple tier 1 customers many of whom also use spyglass.
Spyglass design productivity enhancements expanded to functional verification for semiconductor and consumer electronics developers san jose, calif june 20, 2012 atrenta inc. About us the leading provider of professional tools and components for internet communications, security, and business integration. View yunshan zhus profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Our technology helps customers innovate from silicon to software, so they can deliver smart, secure everything. Our mission nextop recruits, trains, and places highperforming middleenlisted military leaders into industry careers. Nextop is a private company with no institutional investors.
Ic manage hires craig shirley as vice president of worldwide. Synopsys is at the forefront of smart everything with the worlds most advanced tools for silicon chip design, verification, ip integration, and application security testing. In 1999 biere was working for a startup company in electronic design. Atrenta s worldclass field operation will further accelerate the mainstream adoption of assertion synthesis. Atrenta provides systemonachip soc realization solutions for the semiconductor and. With over 20 years of executive sales and technical management experience, mr.
By integrating atrenta s complementary static verification and implementation technology with synopsys verification continuum and galaxy. Nextop sells a tool bugscope that provides assertion synthesis technology. Using many advanced algorithms and analysis techniques, the spyglass platform provides designers with insight about their design, early in the process at rtl. Atrentas spyglass predictive analysis software platform significantly improves design efficiency for the worlds leading semiconductor and consumer electronics companies. Atrenta accelerates growth in front end design with acquisition of nextop software, inc. Shirley most recently served as vice president of worldwide sales for nextop software acquired by atrenta. It sells a tool bugscope that provides assertion synthesis technology. During the same time until may 2015 he also acted as head of the commission of the. Already fired and hired new receptionists but nothing changes.
Xterns owner, keir davis, is a fellow rotarian with a heart that wants to help. Yuan lu was a founder of nextop in 2006 where he served as their cto until being acquired by atrenta in 2012. Atrenta is one of the largest private eda companies, said dr. Messages from our collaborators rise and shine driving austrian research in automatic formal methods. What i found best was to have my guy work nonstop, and just keep doing contracts, while working on small software bits, and when i did have enough income and bank, id do a 23 guys team and have them work on their own contracts and software, while keeping my. Atrenta announced today that it is acquiring nextop software. Aug 30, 2015 after a while, i do not receive more deals. Mike gianfagna vice president of corporate marketing, atrenta inc. Since 2011 he serves as chair of the sat association and since 2012 on the steering committee of fmcad.
With over 20 years of executive sales and technical management experience. Articles and technical content designed to help you explore the features of n software products. The companies were formed over a twentytwo year period with the most recent being incorporated two years ago in march of 2018. Mhr has been in business for 30 years and offers a webbased program, is exclusively deployed to the uk market, and currently supports 5% of the uk workforce. Lu holds a phd in formal verification from carnegie mellon university and a bsc from shanghai jiao tong university.
Armin biere acts as chair of student affairs prases for computer science, helping to organize the phd program in computer science. Atrentas spyglass predictive analysis solution provides a link between early soc design ideas and the implementation process leading to the manufacture of complex socs. Mobile apps, web sites, web services, desktop applications. Atrenta takes three of five top spots in deepchip dac user survey. So, everyone is starting demand outragus pay increase and i cant afford to lose them due to all the time. Shirley will lead the companys sales organization to extend its leadership in design and ip management. Spyglass design productivity enhancements expanded to functional verification for semiconductor and consumer electronics developers. Nextop recruits, trains, and places highperforming middleenlisted military leaders into industry careers.
Ajoy bose has been associated with eight companies, according to public records. Nextop software, a provider of assertion synthesis technology. He is an editor of the handbook of satisfiability and initiated and organizes the hardware model checking competition hwmcc. Atrenta accelerates growth in front end design with. Snps has signed a definitive agreement to acquire atrenta inc. May 09, 2015 ill be honest, on my best attempt, i had to fire everyone about 2x, and go solo mode for a while again. Multiple chips arranged in a planar or stacked configuration with an interposer for communication. He is the founder of atrenta, the company that builds spyglass. Our goal is to build a broad platform that covers both design and verification optimization at rtl, and were well on our way toward that goal. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Jun 22, 2012 atrenta accelerates growth in front end design with acquisition of nextop software, inc. Its not been a secret that atrenta has been looking to do an acquisition, but one challenge being as large as they are is that it has to be a reasonable sized acquisition to make any difference. Yunshan zhu cofounded nextop software and led the company through the development, delivery and production implementation of its flagship assertion synthesis product for multiple semiconductor companies. Everything goes fine untill i try to expand passt one or two extras have to due to contract falls in value.
Prior to nextop, lu was a principle scientist at broadcom. It functions like an interactive guidance system for design engineers and managers, finding the fastest and least expensive path to implementation for complex socs. Atrentas spyglass predictive analysis solution provides a link between early soc. The company offers security solutions, as well as provides electronic design automation and semiconductor ip.
As the worlds 15th largest software company, synopsys has a long history of being a global leader in electronic design automation eda and. Steve jobs is widely known as the founder of apple computer but its a lesser known fact that in 1986, after he sold all but one share of his stock in apple, jobs founded a second company called next. First name mi last name required city state age ajoy bose in the united states weve found results for your search on ajoy bose in the united states. Patented solutions provide early design insight into the demanding performance, power and area requirements of the complex system on chips socs fueling todays consumer electronics revolution. Hire people to design and release software, so you can defeat the simulated competition and take over their businesses. See who you know at nextop software, leverage your professional network, and get hired. The survey, conducted by john cooley and published on the deepchip portal, summarizes user inputs regarding the top. Synopsys eda tools, semiconductor ip and application. Atrenta accelerates growth in front end design with acquisition of nextop software, inc nextopbugscope. We successfully acquired nextop software bugscope product and the integration into atrenta is going quite well. We chose to purchase software from verific design automation for reasons of product quality and time to market.
For more than 25 years, software developers for nearly every fortune 500 and global 2000 company worldwide have used n software products to build powerful connected applications. Atrentas products focus on improving efficiency and reducing cost for the design of complex semiconductor ip. June 20, 2012 san jose, calif june 20, 2012 atrenta inc. Anyway, last week the biggest private eda company probably atrenta announced that it is acquiring nextop software. Founded 1985, redwood city, california dissolved 1996. Manage and educate your employees to make sure they are skilled and satisfied with their job. Similar to an interactive guidance system, spyglass optimizes a designs path to implementation early, before traditional eda tools are deployed for detailed implementation. Principal investigator armin biere cofounded the software company nextop software, inc. To be the strongest link between industry and military talent. Nextop has pioneered assertion synthesis technology. Bugscope is developed by nextop software, which was recently acquired by atrenta.
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