editor's blog
Subscribe Now

Magma People and Products

At the time I commented on the announced Synopsys/Magma merger the other day, I had received no comment on the fate of products and people as the companies combine operations. Synopsys’s Yvette Huygen subsequently reminded me that, technically, the two companies have to operate as independent entities until the merger is complete – sometime in calendar Q2 2012. So they’re not supposed to act like it’s a done deal until in fact the deal is done – it could technically fall apart at some point, and, if they’ve jumped the gun, well, that could be awkward.

Meanwhile, Magma’s Phil Bishop, VP Worldwide Marketing, commented on the product side of things, saying that, “All current products will continue to be maintained and enhanced. After the close we will work with all of our mutual stakeholders at Synopsys to get them up to speed our products and their unique differentiation. We will look for ways in which to cross fertilize key development areas to help create greater synergies in core technology areas.”

Leave a Reply

featured blogs
Jun 12, 2025
We truly do live in a world that would have been considered to be a far-flung science fiction future only a few short decades ago...

featured paper

Shift Left with Calibre Pattern Matching: Trust in design practices but verify early and frequently

Sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software

As integrated circuit (IC) designs become increasingly complex, early-stage verification is crucial to ensure productivity and quality in design processes. The "shift left" verification approach, enabled by Siemens’ Calibre nmPlatform, helps IC design teams to identify and resolve critical issues much earlier in the design cycle.

Click to read more

featured chalk talk

Introducing the 2EP1xxR Full-Bridge Transformer Driver
Sponsored by Mouser Electronics and Infineon
In this episode of Chalk Talk, Ritesh Ritesh from Infineon and Amelia Dalton explore the what, where and how of Infineon’s 2EP1xxR EiceDRIVER™ Power family. They investigate the working principles of these drivers, the topologies supported by these solutions and how these drivers can enable simple, space efficient, and highly configurable isolated gate driver supply for a variety of switches.
May 16, 2025
33,241 views