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Today it was announced that Synopsys is acquiring SpringSoft for $406 million dollars ($12.2B Taiwanese). Coincidentally, I was in SpringSoft's US office yesterday to talk about how Laker is being used for 20nm design. More of that later. But there was certainly nothing to indicate that anyone there was expecting this.

Last week Synopsys acquired Ciranova. They had some good technology for analog automation but it seems clear with this acquisition that Synopsys just wanted to ensure that the Ciranova PyCell technology remained viable and found a home. With the acquisition of Laker, Synopsys has a much stronger position in layout in general and analog automation in particular.