Cadence buys Invarium, a chip modeling company

July 13, 2007 | Matt Marshall

Cadence, a San Jose chip design company, has acquired Invarium, a San Jose developer of advanced lithography modeling and pattern synthesis technology, for an undisclosed amount.

According to the statement:

Invarium’s pattern synthesis capabilities enable superior pattern resolution and faster yield ramp for designs targeted to 45-nanometer and-below process technologies. This acquisition creates the path to the industry’s leading DFM solution for functional and parametric yield improvement, enabling the prevention, detection, correction and optimization of manufacturing effects on advanced geometry designs.

Invarium’s specific area of expertise is the development of pattern synthesis technologies that enable superior photomask design and process optimization, encompassing the entire manufacturing process flow from mask making, to lithography
and etch, with industry-leading speed.

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Matt launched VentureBeat in September of 2006, with the realization that no one else was covering the entrepreneurial and tech innovation scene with the velocity or depth that he was. Prior to founding VentureBeat, he covered venture capital for the San Jose Mercury News from 2001 to 2006. In 2002, Matt was awarded "Journalist of the Year" by the Northern California Society of Professional Journalists. Prior to working at the Merc, he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in Bonn, Germany from 1995 to 1998, and a writer for the Washington Post in 1994. Matt holds a PhD in Government and an MA in German and European Studies from Georgetown University. In addition to VentureBeat, Matt is also the Executive Producer of DEMO, the leading launchpad event for emerging technologies.