Siemens EDA
company
EDA
Formerly Mentor Graphics. Nordic hub for Calibre, Questa, and Catapult HLS. Sales, support, and training for Scandinavian chip design teams.
Semiconductor activity in Denmark
The Ballerup office serves as the Nordic sales, support, and training hub for Siemens EDA (formerly Mentor Graphics, acquired by Siemens for $4.5B in 2017). The team provides application engineering for Calibre (DRC/LVS physical verification), Questa (functional verification), Catapult HLS (high-level synthesis), and Tessent (DFT/BIST). Danish hearing aid companies are major Siemens EDA customers.
Key facts
- Formerly Mentor Graphics, acquired by Siemens for $4.5B (2017)
- Nordic sales, support, and training hub in Ballerup
- ~30 EDA staff in Denmark
- Major customers: Danish hearing aid ASIC teams
Technology focus
- Calibre: DRC, LVS, parasitic extraction
- Questa: SystemVerilog/UVM functional verification
- Catapult: high-level synthesis (C++ to RTL)
- Tessent: DFT, BIST, diagnosis
R&D footprint
~30
estimated R&D staff in Denmark — Denmark office, Ballerup