LogicVision, Inc. was an
electronic design automation
Electronic design automation (EDA), also referred to as electronic computer-aided design (ECAD), is a category of software tools for designing Electronics, electronic systems such as integrated circuits and printed circuit boards. The tools wo ...
(EDA) company, offering chip, board and system-level
Design for Test Design for testing or design for testability (DFT) consists of IC design techniques that add testability features to a hardware product design. The added features make it easier to develop and apply manufacturing tests to the designed hardware. Th ...
(DFT) solutions and support to
ASIC
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vendors based in
San Jose, California
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, United States. Founded in 1992, it was acquired by
Mentor Graphics
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in 2009. Their embedded test,
BIST and yield learning tools were applicable to digital, analog and mixed-signal designs. LogicVision had no profitable year during its existence as a publicly traded company.
History
The company was founded as LV Software in 1992 by
Vinod Agarwal
Dr. Vinod K. Agarwal was an Indian-American businessman and scientist. He was a professor at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1978 to 1992. He then founded LogicVision, which he took public in October, 2001, as the first technol ...
, a former
McGill University
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professor in electrical engineering.
Later that year LV Software was renamed as LogicVision. The company became publicly traded in October 2001 on the
NASDAQ
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as LGVN, and in November 2004 they acquired SiVerion. Founder Vinod Agarwal resigned as chairman of the board in November 2005. On August 18, 2009,
Oregon
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based Mentor Graphics acquired LogicVision in an all-stock arrangement valued at $13 million.
Mentor incorporated LogicVision as part of an existing business unit.
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LogicVision tool suites
* ETCreate - Embedded test IP insertion tool for logic, memory and mixed-signal testing
* ETAccess - Interactive program that works with 3rd party testers for controlling and logging of data on the device for at-speed testing
* SiVision - Yield analysis program which looks at foundry and performance data to diagnose possible problems
Management team
* James T. Healy, President and CEO
* Bruce M. Jaffe, Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer
* Ron H. Mabry, Vice President of Field Operations and Applications Engineering
* Farhad Hayat, Vice President of Marketing
* Benoit Nadeau-Dostie, Ph.D., Chief Scientist
References
External links
LogicVision homepage
Electronic design automation companies
Companies based in San Jose, California
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