Synopsys acquires VaST Systems to widen its offerings for automotive/consumer apps

Synopsys has acquired VaST Systems to extend its virtual prototyping solutions with a comprehensive set of processor sub-system models into the automotive and consumer application space.

Virtual prototypes enable pre-silicon software development and complement hardware/software verification approaches in the system-level design and verification market segment. The processor sub-system models accelerate the virtualization of electronic systems and improve the software development productivity and system verification.

"In order to meet the stringent development requirements associated with today's growing electronics and software content in automotive and consumer products, developers are virtualizing their electronic sub-systems to start software development earlier, improve their productivity and deliver better-tested, higher quality products," said Joachim Kunkel, senior vice president and general manager of the solutions group at Synopsys. "By adding VaST's complementary virtual prototyping solutions to Synopsys' existing virtual and rapid prototyping product portfolio, we can deliver a robust system prototyping solution to automotive and consumer application developers."

The terms of the deal are not disclosed and Synopsys does not expect the transaction to have a material impact on 2010 revenue or earnings per share (EPS).

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