Cadence acquires UK eda specialist
An eda software firm established in Cambridge has been acquired by Cadence Design Systems for an undisclosed sum.
Azuro was founded in 2002 by post doctoral researchers at Cambridge University and currently employs 45 people across its bases. The company specialises in clocks used by semiconductors to define a time reference for the movement of data and ensure synchronisation. This process can consume 30% of a digital chip's power but, according to Azuro, its software tools can significantly reduce this and therefore overall chip power.
Chi-Ping Hsu, a senior vice president at Cadence, said: "Azuro has invented a truly disruptive technology that goes far beyond traditional, multistep and iterative digital implementation flows and provides significant advantages for both today's complex silicon and SoC designs, as well as advanced node, next generation SoCs."
The acquisition is Cadence's first in Cambridge since it bought 120 employee electronics design house, Symbionics for about $50m back in 1998.
