EDA & IP companies

32 companies in the EDA & IP part of the semiconductor & AI value chain — Electronic design automation (EDA) software and semiconductor IP are the invisible foundations of every chip. Without EDA tools, modern billion-transistor designs could not be verified or manufactured; without licensed IP cores, most chips would take years longer to develop. Synopsys and Cadence hold an effective duopoly in EDA, while Arm licenses the CPU architecture running in virtually every smartphone on earth — making EDA & IP a small-revenue but existentially critical layer of the supply chain.

Subsegments

EDA Software Semiconductor IP Licensing

Market share

EDA Software market share 2024

Companies

  • Arm Holdings — CPU architecture licensed in virtually every smartphone and most edge devices. leader · NASDAQ:ARM · $4.9B rev · United Kingdom · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Cadence Design Systems — EDA duopolist with Synopsys; strong in analog, PCB and verification. leader · NASDAQ:CDNS · $5.3B rev · United States · EDA Software, Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Synopsys — Largest EDA vendor and major interface IP supplier; acquired Ansys in 2025. leader · NASDAQ:SNPS · $7.1B rev · United States · EDA Software, Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • eMemory Technology — Leading embedded non-volatile memory IP licensor. leader · TWSE:3529 · Taiwan · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Adeia Inc. — Pure-play IP licensor holding foundational DBI hybrid-bonding patents key to HBM stacking and 3D chiplets. leader · NASDAQ:ADEA · $443M rev · United States · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Keysight Technologies — Test and measurement leader; RF, photonic, and high-speed EDA tools. major · NYSE:KEYS · $5.4B rev · United States · EDA Software, Test Equipment
  • Rambus — Memory interface chips and high-speed interface IP. major · NASDAQ:RMBS · $393M rev · United States · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Faraday Technology — Taiwanese ASIC design-service and silicon IP provider. major · TWSE:3035 · $558M rev · Taiwan · Semiconductor IP Licensing, Custom Silicon Designers
  • Alphawave Semi — High-speed connectivity SerDes IP; acquired by Qualcomm and delisted from LSE in December 2025, now a Qualcomm subsidiary. major · United Kingdom · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Siemens EDA — Third major EDA vendor (ex-Mentor Graphics), a division of Siemens AG. major · Germany · EDA Software
  • Empyrean Technology — China's leading domestic EDA software company. challenger · SZSE:301269 · $197M rev · China · EDA Software
  • Primarius Technologies — Chinese EDA maker focused on circuit simulation and device modeling. challenger · SSE:688206 · $72M rev · China · EDA Software
  • Silvaco Group, Inc. — EDA software (TCAD, SPICE, extraction) and semiconductor IP for power, display, memory and automotive. challenger · NASDAQ:SVCO · $63M rev · United States · EDA Software, Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Achronix — Fabless FPGA and embedded-FPGA (eFPGA) IP supplier. challenger · United States · FPGA, Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Aldec, Inc. — US EDA company providing FPGA/ASIC simulation and functional verification for safety-critical designs. challenger · United States · EDA Software
  • SiFive — Leading commercial RISC-V CPU IP company. challenger · United States · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • StarFive — Chinese RISC-V CPU IP and SoC company. challenger · China · Semiconductor IP Licensing, CPU
  • Tenstorrent — AI accelerator and RISC-V IP company led by Jim Keller. challenger · Canada · GPU & AI Accelerators, Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • VeriSilicon — Chinese IP licensing and turnkey chip design services company. niche · SSE:688521 · $468M rev · China · Semiconductor IP Licensing, Design Services
  • Arteris — Network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP for SoC designs. niche · NASDAQ:AIP · $71M rev · United States · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Ceva — Licenses DSP, wireless connectivity and edge AI IP cores. niche · NASDAQ:CEVA · $88M rev · Israel · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • M31 Technology — Taiwanese silicon IP licensor of foundation and interface IP. niche · TWO:6643 · $55M rev · Taiwan · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Andes Technology — Taiwanese RISC-V CPU IP vendor. niche · TWSE:6533 · $46M rev · Taiwan · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • QuickLogic — Low-power FPGA and embedded-FPGA IP company. niche · NASDAQ:QUIK · $14M rev · United States · FPGA, Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Atomera — Materials-engineering technology (MST) licensed to chipmakers. niche · NASDAQ:ATOM · $65,000 rev · United States · Semiconductor IP Licensing, Photoresists & Chemicals
  • Agile Analog — Configurable analog IP for system-on-chips. niche · United Kingdom · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • AnaGlobe Technology, Inc. — Taiwanese EDA firm specializing in IC physical-layout integration and custom layout automation. niche · Taiwan · EDA Software
  • Codasip — European RISC-V processor IP company. niche · Czech Republic · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Flex Logix — Embedded-FPGA IP and AI inference acceleration technology. niche · United States · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Imagination Technologies — GPU and AI IP licensor, owned by Canyon Bridge. niche · United Kingdom · Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • OpenLight Photonics, Inc. — Silicon photonics IP company licensing integrated laser-on-silicon PDKs for AI datacenter interconnects. niche · United States · Photonics & Optics, Semiconductor IP Licensing
  • Semidynamics — Customizable RISC-V cores with vector and AI extensions. niche · Spain · Semiconductor IP Licensing, CPU

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