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
Company typePrivate
IndustryEDA Software
FoundedBellevue, Washington (2006)
FateAcquired by Mentor Graphics, which was later acquired by Siemens
HeadquartersMountain 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. Nimbic was acquired by Mentor Graphics, which was in turn acquired by Siemens and rebranded Siemens EDA.[2]

Portfolio edit

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

History edit

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.[8]

It was acquired by Mentor Graphics in 2014.[9][10]

References edit

  1. ^ "Electromagnetic Simulation".
  2. ^ Hayes, Caroline (2020-12-14). "Mentor changes its name to Siemens EDA". Electronics Weekly. Retrieved 2021-12-12.
  3. ^ "Accelerated Method of Moments" (PDF).
  4. ^ "nWave".
  5. ^ "nApex".
  6. ^ "nVolt".
  7. ^ "nCloud".
  8. ^ "Gartner Names Physware as 2010 Cool Vendor in Semiconductors". Wireless News. 2010-05-30.
  9. ^ "Mentor Graphics Acquires Nimbic, Inc". mentor.com (Press release). May 20, 2014. Retrieved 2015-02-07.
  10. ^ Corp, Mentor Graphics. "Mentor Graphics Acquires Nimbic, Inc". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2021-04-01.

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