Siemens and Synopsys settle Mentor Graphics patent litigation and team up to expand and extend EDA collaboration

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Siemens PLM Software and Synopsys have agreed to work together, settling their five-years of patent quarrels between Synopsys and Mentor Graphics.

Siemens and Synopsys settle Mentor Graphics patent litigation and team up to expand and extend EDA collaboration


The settlement includes mutual seven-year patent cross-licenses between Synopsys and Siemens, and between Synopsys and Mentor Graphics.

The partnership will see the two collaborate on electronic design automation (EDA) product interoperability projects for the benefit of their mutual customers, spanning a number of EDA domains from design to verification.

“With the increasing complexity in electronics driven by AI, automotive, industrial and other high-impact markets, semiconductor and systems companies are grappling with design challenges from the roots of silicon all the way up to the application software,” said Aart de Geus, chairman and co-CEO of Synopsys. “We look forward to working with Siemens to provide increasingly powerful EDA and related solutions to our mutual customers.”

“Our customers are rapidly adopting electronic design automation as part of their digitalisation strategy. Interoperability is a critical aspect of enabling customers not only in EDA but in the broader context of system development,” stated Tony Hemmelgarn, CEO of Siemens PLM Software. “Siemens is very committed to EDA and we are looking forward to our interoperability partnership with Synopsys.”

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