Synopsys acquires Springsoft - thesis dead
August 3, 2012
Some of you know or may have read a thesis of mine regarding the emerging middle class of EDA whereby the big three had stopped buying startups and that there would likely be consolidation in the middle of EDA. Many companies in the industry have grown to be stable, profitable businesses and at DAC I had started to do interviews with several companies about the impact it would have on them.
Over the past few weeks a couple of executives had told me that my thesis was wrong and what was happening was that it was just taking longer.
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