Global InformationSolido Design Automation information
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Software & Programming |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Website | www.solidodesign.com |
Solido Design Automation Inc. is an electronic design automation (EDA) software company, headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The company develops software for analog/mixed-signal and custom integrated circuits. The company was founded in 2005 and is funded by BDC Venture Capital, Victoria Park Capital, and Golden Opportunities Fund.[1]
Solido Variation Designer is variation-aware custom integrated circuit design software. It uses foundry models to address variation caused by process and environmental (PVT) corners, global and local random variation, and proximity effects. Solido ML Characterization Suite is a software that uses machine learning to generate library timing models.[2]
Solido was acquired by Mentor, a Siemens business on December 1, 2017.[3] Solido had been growing its revenue by 50 and 70 percent each year from 2009 to 2017,[4] and was ranked in the top 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America by Deloitte in 2017.[5]
- ^ EE Times: 'EDA vendor Solido raises additional $6.5 million'
- ^ "EE Times (April 6, 2017): 'Machine Learning comes to chip design'".
- ^ "EE Times (November 20, 2017): 'Siemens acquires Solido Design Automation'".
- ^ "The StarPhoenix (November 20, 2017): 'Massive European conglomerate acquires Saskatoon-based computer chip developer'".
- ^ "Deloitte Technology Fast 500 2017 North America Ranking" (PDF).