SYNOPSYS NASDAQ: SNPS
Background of Synopsys
- Synopsys, Inc. is an American electronic design automation company which traces its history back to 1986 when it was founded by Aart J de Geus and David Gregory in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
- Synopsys, Inc.’s operational portfolio consists of silicon design as well as verification, silicon intellectual property and quality.
- Synopsys, Inc.’s extensive product portfolio consists of logic synthesis, behavioural synthesis, place and route, formal verification, static timing analysis, and several others.
- Synopsys, Inc. is also involved with hardware description language simulators as well as transistor-level circuit simulation, including the development and debugging environments which in designing the logic for chips and computer systems.
- Founded in 1986 by Aart J de Gues and David Gregory, Synopsys, Inc. was established as Optimal Solutions with a charter to develop as well as market synthesis technology which is developed by the team at General Electric.
- In 2003, Numerical Technologies was acquired by Synopsys, Inc. for its IP Portfolio, software tools, and services which cover alternating Phase Shift Mask (alt-PSM) technology which provides sub-wavelength design to manufacture solutions.
- In 2010, Synopsys, Inc. announced the purchase of CoWare, development which was initiated by the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC) in Belgium, which was initially an internal project in 1992. CoWare spun off as an independent company in 1996 and it was also one of the founding members of SystemC language.
- In 2005, CoWare acquired the Signal Processing department from Cadence, followed by the acquisition made by Synopsys, Inc. in 2010, extending the product portfolio to include Platform Architect, Model Designer, Model Library, Processor Designer, and several others.
- In 2006, Synopsys, Inc. merged with Avanti, one of its most controversial and significant acquisitions in its history. Avanti Corporation was founded by several ex-Cadence employees who bought the start-up ArcSys, previously merged with Integrated Silicon Solutions (ISS), which meant that Avanti gained the DRC/LVS tool Hercules.
- This led to Avanti buying Compass Design Automation, which had fully integrated IC design flow as well as ASIC libraries, more importantly, the place and route tool, which was reworked by Avanti to create Saturn and Apollo II.
- In addition, Avanti also bought TMA and the pioneering TCAD and Proteus optical proximity correction tools. Synopsys, Inc. paid Cadence $265 million (3.8 billion ZAR) to end litigation which was ongoing at the time of the purchase.
- Another acquisition made by Synopsys, Inc. involved Novas Software, which was a company founded in 1996 by Dr. Paul Huang to address the persistent problem involved with debugging chip designs. The purchase was made in 2012 and Novas offered debugging and visibility enhancement products which cut down on verification time.
- Synopsys, Inc. acquired SpringSoft in 2012, a software company which was involved with the development of the VLSI design and debugging software. SpringSoft established Novas Software in 1997 to market the VLSI Debugging software.
- SpringSoft created a custom layout tool called Laker as well as a US-based company called Silicon Canvas. At the time of the purchase, SpringSoft had 400 employees in office locations around the world.
- Synplicity, Inc. is a supplier of software solutions for the design of programmable logic devices (FPGAs, PLDs, and CPLDs) which are used for communications, military/aerospace, consumer, semiconductor, and other systems. Synplicity, Inc. was listed on Nasdaq until it was acquired by Synopsys, Inc. in 2008.
- ARC International PLC, designer of ARC (Argonaut RISC Core) embedded processors, which were used in a variety of SoC devices for the Internet of Things (IoT), storage, digital home, mobile, and automotive applications.
- ARC processors have been licensed by more than 200 companies and they are shipped in more than 1.5 billion different products annually. Synopsys, Inc. acquired ARC International in 2010.
- There are three different divisions in Synopsys, Inc. including silicon design and verification, silicon intellectual property, and software integrity.
- Today, Synopsys, Inc. is based in Mountain View, California with more than 13,000 employees that form its staff compliment.
Synopsys Shares Growth Driver
- Synopsys, Inc. is a well-established company that has made several important acquisitions over its history in operation including Avanti, CoWare, Numerical Technologies, and several more.
- Synopsys, Inc. has seen several expansions and developments to improve and increase its product portfolio, extending its use applications and drawing in more clients from around the world.
- Synopsys, Inc. has also partnered with the PLNA National Defence University in 2018 for the provision of field-programmable gate array design training.
- When viewing Synopsys, Inc.’s share history overall, share performance from its IPO and Nasdaq listing has been stable and without any significant events that drove the price up or down.
- Synopsys, Inc. share prices saw a significant increase in December 2015, following through to an all-time high of $292 (4 264.37 ZAR) in February. Even though share prices decreased after this, the price managed to stabilise and increase steadily to $287 (4 191.35 ZAR) at the time of writing.
- Synopsys, Inc. currently has a market capitalisation of $43.94 billion (641.6 billion ZAR) and due to the nature of its business, there is significant room to grow and expand in a technologically driven world.
Synopsys Investor Tip
- Synopsys, Inc. trades its shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) under the stock symbol SNPS. Synopsys, Inc. forms part of both the NASDAQ-100 and the S&P 500
- An analysis on the market performance for the second quarter of the 2025 financial year, which ended in May, showed that Synopsys, Inc. reported revenue of $1.02 billion (14.8 billion ZAR), compared to the $861.3 million (12.5 billion ZAR) for the second quarter of fiscal 2025.
- Where the GAAP basis is concerned, Synopsys, Inc. reported a net income of $195.1 million (2.8 billion ZAR), or $1.24 (18.11 ZAR) per share, compared to the $109.9 million (1.6 billion ZAR) or $0.71 (10.37 ZAR) per share for the second quarter of fiscal 2025.
- Synopsys, Inc. shows outstanding second quarter results which exceeded all key guidance metrics, with business boosted across all product groups as well as geographies.
- There is a strong market demand and Synopsys, Inc. is working to harness the growth, which is presenting itself, especially with an increasing need for complex, connected, specialised, and secure chips as well as systems.
- The most recent transformative technology innovations have positioned Synopsys, Inc. well to enable a new era, and when combined with a multi-year focus on the acceleration of growth, Synopsys, Inc. continues to manage the business to drive long-term shareholder value.
- Data from the analysis should be weighed against forecasted performance during this pandemic, but for now, prices on shares and in turn dividends remain unaffected, which provides shareholders with assurance that they will have a strong buy-in on NASDAQ.
Sector
Technology
Industry
Software – Infrastructure
Sub industry
Integrated circuit Self-driving car, Software as a service, Software testing, Internet of Things
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