Avant! Corporation

As of June 6, 2002, Avant! Corporation was acquired by Synopsys Inc. Avant! Corporation engages in the development, marketing, licensing, and supporting of electronic design automation software products that are used in the semiconductor, computer, consumer electronics, multimedia, and telecommunications industries. It also offers reusable silicon libraries, silicon intellectual property, design blocks and optimized design-flow management, and tool interoperability software products. Avant! also offers physical design, parasitic extraction, verification, flow development, and library development services, as well as product maintenance and customer support services. The company is based in Fremont, California.