MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 17 (UPI) -- U.S. semiconductor design software company Synopsys Inc. announced Tuesday it has acquired Virtio Corporation.
According to Synopsys, the acquisition will expand its presence in the electronic system level design.
Moreover, the company said that the combination of Synopsys' System Studio solution with Virtio's virtual prototyping technology will enable software developers to begin code development much earlier than prevailing methods.
"System designers know they can get their products to market much earlier and with more confidence if embedded software development could begin without having to wait for the completion of the physical board and SoCs," said John Chilton, Synopsys's senior vice president and general manager of the solutions group.
"Mutual Synopsys and Virtio customers are telling us that by using Virtio's virtual platform technology they've been able to avoid this delay and start software development nine to 12 months earlier," he added. "This acquisition gives Synopsys the opportunity to build on these successes and, by integrating Virtio's technology with our industry-leading IP and tools, help address designers' key ESL challenges."
