Virage Logic Explained

Virage Logic Corporation
Type:	Acquired by Synopsys
Foundation:	1996
Location:	Fremont, California, USA
Locations:	Yerevan, Armenia Noida, India Warren, NJ St. Petersburg, Russia
Key People:	Alex Shubat, The last CEO
Products:	Semiconductor IP
Num Employees:	600 (before acquisition)

Virage Logic corporation was an American provider of both functional and physical semiconductor intellectual property (IP) for the design of complex integrated circuits. It was founded in 1996. The company's differentiated product portfolio included processor centric solutions, interface IP solutions, embedded SRAMs and NVMs, embedded memory test and repair, logic libraries, and memory development software.

History

• 1996 Company founded.
• 1999 India and Armenia R&D operations established.
• 2000 Company's initial public offering.
• 2001 STAR Memory System introduced.^[1]
• 2002 Acquisition of InChip, semiconductor logic IP company.
• 2007 Acquisition of Ingot Systems, ASIP company.^[2]
• 2008 Acquisition of Impinj's logic non-volatile memory IP.^[3]
• 2009 Acquisition of ARC International, configurable processors and multimedia IP company.^[4]
• 2009 Acquisition of NXP CMOS IP Group.^[5]
• 2010 Acquired by Synopsys.^[6]

Management team

• Adam Kablanian, Co-Founder, Initial President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
• Alex Shubat, Co-Founder, Vice President prior to becoming Chief Executive Officer and Director
• Brani Buric, Executive Vice President of marketing and sales
• Yankin Tanurhan, Vice President and General Manager, NVM Solutions
• Paul Brady, Vice President EMEA

See also

• ARC International
• Sonic Focus

Notes and References

1. http://www.design-reuse.com/news/16972/virage-logic-broadens-silicon-aware-intellectual-property-ip-release-star-memory-system.html Virage Logic Broadens Its Silicon Aware Intellectual Property (IP) Offering with New Release of the STAR(TM) Memory System
2. http://www.design-reuse.com/news/16481/virage-logic-acquisition-ingot-systems.html Virage Logic Completes Acquisition of Ingot Systems
3. http://www.design-reuse.com/news/18583/logic-non-volatile-memory-nvm-ip-business.html Virage Logic Acquires Impinj's Logic Non-Volatile Memory (NVM) IP Business
4. http://www.design-reuse.com/news/21990/virage-acquisition-arc.html Virage Logic Completes Acquisition of ARC International
5. http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220600229 NXP to transfer CMOS IP, staff to Virage Logic
6. http://synopsys.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=810 Synopsys to Acquire Virage Logic Corporation