Solido Design Automation
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. It was founded in 2005 by Amit Gupta and Trent McConaghy.[1][2] It was funded by BDC Venture Capital, Victoria Park Capital, and Golden Opportunities Fund.[3]
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 software that uses machine learning to generate library timing models.[4]
Solido was acquired by Mentor, a Siemens business on December 1, 2017.[5] Solido had been growing its revenue by 50 and 70 percent each year from 2009 to 2017,[6] and was ranked in the top 500 fastest growing technology companies in North America by Deloitte in 2017.[7]
Management team
[edit]- Amit Gupta, president and chief executive officer
- Jeff Dyck, vice president of technical operations
- Kristopher Breen, vice president of customer applications
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ "U of S alumni success in electronic chip design attracts global giant". news. 2017-12-04.
- ↑ "Solido Design - 2026 Company Profile & Team - Tracxn". tracxn.com. Retrieved 2026-09-05.
- ↑ "EDA vendor Solido raises additional $6.5 million". EE Times. 2007-08-27.
- ↑ Yoshida, Junko (2017-04-06). "Machine Learning Comes to Chip Design". EE Times.
- ↑ McGrath, Dylan (2017-11-20). "Siemens Acquires Solido Design Automation". EE Times.
- ↑ MacPherson, Alex (2017-11-20). "Massive European conglomerate acquires Saskatoon-based computer chip developer". The StarPhoenix.
- ↑ "2017 Technology Fast 500: Recognizing growth" (PDF). Deloitte. 2017-11-09.
Further reading
[edit]- "Solido named EDN Hot 100 Products of 2007". EDN. 2007-12-14. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01.
- "Solido named finalist for EDN Innovation Award". EDN. 2008-02-01. Archived from the original on 2008-08-29.
- "Improving statistical design for analog/custom circuits". SCD Source. 2008-09-02. Archived from the original on 2012-02-17.
- Moretti, Gabe (2009-01-23). "Solido launches process variation solution for transistor-level designers". EE Times.
- "Process variation tool targets analog/mixed-signal design loss". EE Times. 2009-02-03. Archived from the original on 2011-10-06.
- "Showing your true corners". IC Design and Verification Journal. 2009-03-17. Archived from the original on 2009-07-10.
- Clarke, Peter (2010-11-07). "EE Times updates 'Silicon 60' list of emerging startups". EE Times.
- McConaghy, Trent; Breen, Kristopher; Dyck, Jeffrey; Gupta, Amit (2012). Variation-Aware Design of Custom Integrated Circuits: A Hands-on Field Guide. New York: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-2269-3. ISBN 978-1-4614-2268-6.