LogicVision
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LogicVision, Inc. was an electronic design automation
(EDA) company, offering chip, board and system-level Design for Test
(DFT) solutions and support to ASIC
vendors based in San Jose, California
, United States. Founded in 1992, it was acquired by Mentor Graphics
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.
, a former McGill University
professor in electrical engineering. Later that year LV Software was renamed as LogicVision. The company became publicly traded in October 2001 on the NASDAQ
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
based Mentor Graphics acquired LogicVision in an all stock arrangement valued at $13 million. Mentor incorporated LogicVision as part of an existing business unit.
Electronic design automation
Electronic design automation is a category of software tools for designing electronic systems such as printed circuit boards and integrated circuits...
(EDA) company, offering chip, board and system-level Design for Test
Design For Test
Design for Test is a name for design techniques that add certain testability features to a microelectronic hardware product design. The premise of the added features is that they make it easier to develop and apply manufacturing tests for the designed hardware...
(DFT) solutions and support to ASIC
ASIC
ASIC may refer to:* Application-specific integrated circuit, an integrated circuit developed for a particular use, as opposed to a customised general-purpose device.* ASIC programming language, a dialect of BASIC...
vendors based in San Jose, California
San Jose, California
San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay...
, United States. Founded in 1992, it was acquired by Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics, Inc is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create...
in 2009. Their embedded test, BIST
Built-in self-test
A built-in self-test or built-in test is a mechanism that permits a machine to test itself. Engineers design BISTs to meet requirements such as:*high reliability*lower repair cycle timesor constraints such as:...
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 AgarwalVinod Agarwal
Dr. Vinod K. Agarwal is an Indian-American businessman and scientist. He was a professor at McGill University in Montreal, Canada from 1978 to 1992. He then founded LogicVision, which he took public in October, 2001, as the first technology IPO following the terrorist attacks earlier that year...
, a former McGill University
McGill University
Mohammed Fathy is a public research university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The university bears the name of James McGill, a prominent Montreal merchant from Glasgow, Scotland, whose bequest formed the beginning of the university...
professor in electrical engineering. Later that year LV Software was renamed as LogicVision. The company became publicly traded in October 2001 on the NASDAQ
NASDAQ
The NASDAQ Stock Market, also known as the NASDAQ, is an American stock exchange. "NASDAQ" originally stood for "National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations". It is the second-largest stock exchange by market capitalization in the world, after the New York Stock Exchange. As of...
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
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...
based Mentor Graphics acquired LogicVision in an all stock arrangement valued at $13 million. Mentor incorporated LogicVision as part of an existing business unit.
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