Magma Design Automation
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| Type | Public NASDAQ: LAVA |
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| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California |
| Key people | Rajeev Madhavan, CEO Roy E. Jewell, President Peter S. Teshima, CFO |
| Industry | Software & Programming |
| Revenue | $147 million USD (FY 2009) |
| Employees | 732 (May 3, 2009) |
| Website | www.magma-da.com |
Magma Design Automation (NASDAQ: LAVA) is a software company in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. The company was founded in 1997 and maintains headquarters in San Jose, California.
Magma software products are used in major elements of chip development, including: synthesis, placement, routing, power management, circuit simulation, verification and analog/mixed-signal design.
Magma's annual revenue is fourth-highest among companies in the EDA industry[1]. As of 2009, major competitors are Cadence Design Systems, Synopsys and Mentor Graphics.
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[edit] Key products
- Talus: Digital chip implementation.
- Titan: Analog/mixed-signal design.
- FineSim SPICE: Circuit simulation.
- SiliconSmart: Library Characterization.
- Quartz DRC and Quartz LVS: Physical verification.
[edit] Applications
Magma software is used to design chips for:
- Cell phones
- Networking
- WiFi devices
- Automotive products
- Electronic games
- Portable music players
- Digital media
To date the company's products have not been used significantly in the development of microprocessors.
[edit] Notable acquisitions
- Sabio Labs, February 2008: Analog IP process migration.
- Knights Technology, November 2006: Fab analysis technology.
- ACAD, November 2005: Circuit simulation.
- Mojave, April 2004: Physical verification technology.
- Random Logic, October 2003: Industry-standard 3D field solver.
- Silicon Metrics, October 2003: Library/IP characterization.
- Moscape, June 2000: Assertion-based electrical integrity solutions.
[edit] Management team
- Rajeev Madhavan, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
- Roy E. Jewell, President and Chief Operating Officer
- Premal Buch, General Manager and Corporate Vice President, Design Implementation Business Unit
- Anirudh Devgan, General Manager and Corporate Vice President, Custom Design Business Unit
- Bruce Eastman, Corporate Vice President, Worldwide Sales
- Kevin Moynihan, Corporate Vice President, Customer Support
- Peter S. Teshima, Corporate Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
- Milan G. Lazich, Vice President, Corporate Marketing
- Camellia Ngo, Vice President, Human Resources
[edit] References
- ^ [Based on most recent Annual Reports on Form 10-K filed with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission]
