Software | August 17, 2007

Cadence acquires Clear Shape

Editor: Jesper Olsson

Cadence Design Systems Inc. has acquired Clear Shape Technologies Inc., a design-for-manufacturing (DFM) technology company.

Cadence stregthens within DFM by the acquisition of Clear Shape. The move expands Cadence's efforts in DFM. Traditional DFM-enabled lithography analysis products take days or weeks to run, according to Cadence. "We think there's a lot of momentum to be gained by integrating Clear Shape's predictive, manufacturing-OPC-tool independent, validated-in-silicon lithography capabilities into the Cadence DFM environment," said Atul Sharan, president and chief executive of Clear Shape, in a statement. The acquisition was completed on Aug. 15. Terms of the agreement have not been disclosed.

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