synopsys is also closely working with a few indian professors who are doing research on vlsi.

in partnership with ministry of information technology, it is offering free software development tools to 19 universities in the country. recently, it has established a vlsi (very large scale integration) lab at iit, kharagpur. a strong ally in vlsi education to build skilled-manpower base for the eda industry in the country, synopsys is collaborating with several premier universities and engineering institutes in india. it has several customers here including mncs like texas instruments, st microelectronics, intel and local companies like wipro, department of electronics (doe), controlnet among others.

Cigital is a large, global application security. in addition to the engineering prospect, india is a big sales market for synopsys. (Nasdaq: SNPS) has completed its acquisitions of Cigital, a privately held provider of software security managed and professional services, and Codiscope, a 2015 spinoff of Cigital and provider of complementary security tools. despite the slowdown in the tech sector, synopsys recorded 13 per cent sales growth last year and the outlook for this year is healthy. 'the general consensus is that bottom is reached and the recovery will happen,' he added. gues said that 2001 was a difficult year for the global electronics industry and 2002 would be better. at present, it outsources work to bangalore-based sasken, pune-based nital and manipal-based zeta infotech. he said that the company would also look at growing its engineering outsourcing business in india. post-acquisition, synopsys will become a $1.2 billion company with a manpower of 4,800. interestingly, synopsys has made over 15 acquisitions in the last five years. while synopsys is strong in the front-end of eda, avant!'s expertise is in back-end of electronic design. speaking to the times of india, aart j de geus, chairman & ceo of synopsys, said: 'post-acquisition, we will retain two centres in india and we have significant growth plans for these two centres in 2002.' the acquisition process will be completed by april this year. the bangalore centre, established in 1995, is engaged in products and tools development, besides implementing services around its products. (6) When an acquisition contains brand name specifications, the contracting officer shall include with the solicitation the justification or documentation. currently, synopsys has a 100-member engineering base in bangalore. as part of the all-stock takeover, synopsys will add the hyderabad-based 80-engineer research & development unit of avant! to its portfolio, taking the tally of its indian engineering centres to two. 2 eda company synopsys is echoing in india. Bangalore: the proposed $800-million acquisition of avant!, the us-based electronic design automation major, by the no.

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