PDF Solutions () is an American multinational software and engineering services company based in
Santa Clara,
California
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. The company is listed in the
Nasdaq
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stock exchange and in 2020 generated revenues of US$88.5 million.
History
PDF Solutions was founded in 1991 by John Kibarian and Kimon Michaels. In July 2001 the company went public.
Corporate affairs
Organizational structure
PDF Solutions operates worldwide and is currently active in more than 10 countries. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California and has additional offices in the following regions:
* North America: Canada, USA
*
EMEA
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: France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Palestine
* Asia: China, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.
Management and leadership structure
PDF Solutions is led by a leadership team of four. Co-founder and Director John K. Kibarian serves as president since 1991 and CEO since 2000. Additional members are Adnan Raza, CFO, Adrzej Strojwas CTO and co-founder Kimon Michaels, who serves as Director and Executive VP, Products and Solutions. The board of directors has eight members.
Financial results
The following is an overview of the main financial results from recent years:
Products and services
According to PDF Solutions the company currently serves more than 300 clients in 36 countries, including brands like
Toshiba
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,
Fujitsu
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,
Sony
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and
Qualcomm
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. Clients come from the fields of
foundries
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, semiconductor design companies and equipment manufacturers.
The company produces software, hardware and semiconductor-based intellectual property (IP) to provide advanced data management and analytics that support the manufacturing and testing of
integrated circuit
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s and
systems on chips used in electronic devices such as smartphones, computers and the
advanced driver assistance systems
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(
ADAS) of modern automobiles.
See also
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Electronic design automation
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*
Computer-aided manufacturing
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References
Companies listed on the Nasdaq
Electronic design automation companies
Electronics companies of the United States
Software companies based in California
2001 initial public offerings
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