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Last week (Feb. 7, 2013) Cadence announced an agreement to acquire Cosmic Circuits Private Limited, a leading provider of analog/mixed-signal IP based in Bangalore, India. Here's some background on this relatively young, fast-growing company, and how its offerings fit into the growing Cadence design IP offering.

Cadence thus far has focused on high-value, differentiated IP for memory, storage, and high performance interfaces. Cadence does have some analog/mixed-signal IP, such as SerDes, but Cosmic Circuits will greatly expand the analog/mixed-signal part of the Cadence portfolio. As described on Cosmic Circuit's informative web site, the company offers silicon-proven cores for D/A and A/D converters, wireless AFE (analog front end), power management, clocking, audio, and auxiliary functions. Cosmic Circuits also offers standards-based PHYs (physical layer IP) in such areas as MIPI, USB, and PCI Express. These will strengthen the Cadence interface IP portfolio.

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