Magma Design Automation

Magma Design Automation (NASDAQ: LAVA) is a software company in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. The company was founded in 1997 and maintains headquarters in San Jose, California, with facilities throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Magma software products are used in major elements of chip development, including: synthesis, placement, routing, power management, circuit simulation, verification and analog/mixe... more

Magma Design Automation (NASDAQ: LAVA) is a software company in the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. The company was founded in 1997 and maintains headquarters in San Jose, California, with facilities throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Magma software products are used in major elements of chip development, including: synthesis, placement, routing, power management, circuit simulation, verification and analog/mixed-signal design. Magma's annual revenue is fourth-highest among companies in the EDA industry. As of 2009, major competitors are Cadence Design Systems, Synopsys and Mentor Graphics. Magma software is used to design chips for: To date the company's products have not been used significantly in the development of microprocessors. less