Secure-IC to Become Cadence’s Security Entity

Cadence Design Systems has entered a definite agreement to acquire Secure-IC, a spinoff of Télécom Paris specializing in embedded security.

Anne-Françoise Pelé, EETimes Europe (February 12, 2025)

EDA and IP company Cadence Design Systems announced it has entered a definite agreement to acquire Secure-IC, a spinoff of Télécom Paris specializing in embedded security. This acquisition will integrate Secure-IC’s portfolio of security IP, evaluation tools, and services into Cadence’s IP offerings, which include interface, memory, AI/ML, and DSP solutions. 

As the transaction hasn’t been closed yet, Secure-IC could neither comment nor provide specific information. However, Neil Mac Lean, head of Lead Generation & Promotion at Secure-IC, agreed to put some aspects in perspective.

“Secure-IC will become Cadence’s dedicated security entity,” Mac Lean said. 

When everything is connected, everything is at risk. Anchoring trust at the hardware level is the foundation for all secure operations of a computing system. Secure-IC was founded in 2010 with five patents and now holds over 250 patents. All focused on security because, as Secure-IC puts it, one day, security will be worth more than devices. 

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