Precision Innovations

Semiconductors · EDA Software · AI Chip Design

Acquisition

Siemens agrees to acquire AI chip-design startup Precision Innovations

The deal folds an OpenROAD-based planning tool into Siemens' EDA stack to catch chip flaws before costly implementation begins.

• Siemens signed an agreement to acquire Precision Innovations Inc., a privately held EDA software company, adding AI-powered chip planning tools to its portfolio.
• Precision Innovations builds software on the open-source OpenROAD framework that lets chip teams test architectural tradeoffs early, before deeper design work locks in flaws.
• The startup will join Siemens' Digital Design Creation line, aiming to give customers one continuous flow from early architecture decisions through implementation and full silicon lifecycle management.
• Siemens' EDA unit is separately growing its Saskatoon R&D hub by a third to 400 staff, a site rooted in its 2017 purchase of chip software startup Solido Design Automation.
• As SoC designs grow more complex, catching power, performance and area problems during early planning rather than late in the flow can save semiconductor teams months of costly rework.