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Magma Design Automation develops software for electronic design automation (EDA), enabling integrated circuit designers to meet critical time-to-market objectives, improve chip performance and handle multimillion-gate designs. With headquarters in Silicon Valley and a global network of sales & support personnel, Magma customers include leading semiconductor companies around the world.[1]
Business Overview
Magma Design Automation provides electronic design automation (EDA) software that enables chip designers to meet critical time-to-market objectives, improve chip performance and handle multimillion-gate designs. Magma’s complete RTL-to-GDSII design flows include design planning, prototyping, synthesis, test, place & route, signal and power integrity chip design capabilities in a single executable. Magma’s software also includes products for custom/mixed-signal designs, physical verification, capacitance extraction; circuit simulation; characterization and modeling; and CAD navigation.
Business and Financial Metrics
The companies fiscal year ends beginning of April (different dates each year). The company is reporting according to the US GAAP standard. Reporting currency is USD.[2]
Business Segments
Key Trends and Forces
Time To Market For Electronics Products
EDA is an important enabler to support fast product development cycles in the electronics industry. Chips with high functionality, multiple operating modes, low power consumption and extreme reliability—are pushing the manufacturing process to the limit. Requirements for enhancement of the EDA tools are growing with a similar speed as the improvements of the customers electronic products.
Market Cycles
The current downturn is impacting investment decisions on new product programs in the customer industry and is creating pressure on profit margins and revenues. It may also impact the structure of the electronics industry regarding market shares, geographical distribution, and size of the companies.
Competition
Main competitors are Cadence Design Systems (CDNS), Mentor Graphics (MENT), and Synopsys (SNPS). ANSYS (ANSS) which is a leading engineering software supplier aquired Ansoft (ANST) a developer of EDA software in July 2008.
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