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Nimbic

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Nimbic
Company typePrivate
IndustryEDA Software
FoundedBellevue, Washington (2006)
FateAcquired by Mentor Graphics, which was later acquired by Siemens
HeadquartersMountain View, California, United States

Nimbic, Inc. (formerly Physware) was a company that developed Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software. The company was founded in 2006 and was headquartered in Mountain View, California, United States.

Nimbic offered high speed 3D Electromagnetic Simulation [1] solutions for Signal integrity (SI), Power integrity (PI), Integrity to Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and Simultaneous Switching Noise/Simultaneous Switching Output (SSN/SSO) Integrity. They also offered secure Cloud Computing solutions for electronic design.

In May 2014 Nimbic was acquired by Mentor Graphics,[2] which was in turn acquired in 2017 by Siemens and rebranded Siemens EDA.[3]

Portfolio

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Nimbic develops 3D broadband electromagnetic field extractors and simulators for Signal Integrity, Power Integrity, EMI Analysis and SSN/SSO Analysis.[4] Their product range includes:

History

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Nimbic (formerly Physware) was founded in December 2006 by Dr. Vikram Jandhyala.[citation needed]

In May 2010, Physware was named "2010 Cool Vendor in Semiconductors" by Gartner.[9]

Nimbiic was acquired by Mentor Graphics in 2014.[10][2]

References

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  1. ^ "Electromagnetic Simulation".
  2. ^ a b "Mentor Graphics Acquires Nimbic, Inc" (Press release). PR Newswire. May 20, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  3. ^ Hayes, Caroline (2020-12-14). "Mentor changes its name to Siemens EDA". Electronics Weekly. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  4. ^ "Accelerated Method of Moments" (PDF).
  5. ^ "nWave".
  6. ^ "nApex".
  7. ^ "nVolt".
  8. ^ "nCloud".
  9. ^ "Gartner Names Physware as 2010 Cool Vendor in Semiconductors". Wireless News. 2010-05-30.
  10. ^ "Mentor Graphics Acquires Nimbic, Inc" (Press release). Mentor Graphics. May 20, 2014. Archived from the original on May 24, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
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