Novas Software

Novas Software

Former type	Private Company
Fate	Acquisition
Founded	1996
Defunct	2008
Headquarters	San Jose, California
Key people	Scott Sandler, President & CEO
Products	Debussy Debug System Verdi Automated Debug Siloti Visibility Enhancement
Website	www.novas.com

Novas Software (often referred to as "Novas") was a company founded in 1996 by Dr. Paul Huang to address the ongoing problem of debugging chip designs. Novas was purchased by Taiwan-based EDA company SpringSoft in May 2008. Prior to its purchase, Novas was partly owned by SpringSoft, which developed the underlying debug technology^[1]. Until 2008, Novas grew to employ over 50 people with office locations across the world including Texas, New Hampshire, the United Kingdom, Japan, Korea, India, Israel and other locations. The company headquarters was in San Jose, California. After completion of the acquisition, Novas Software, Inc., along with other SpringSoft acquisitions, became Springsoft USA, which is the US-based wholly owned subsidiary of SpringSoft.

Company Accolades

In a 2006 study conducted by EETimes Novas Software was the sixth most-used EDA vendor.^[2] Along with this, Novas Software topped the user satisfaction ratings with 100% of respondents in Europe, 83% in North America & 69% in Asia saying they were either "very" or "somewhat" satisfied.^[3] This distinction was also awarded to Novas Software for the four years prior to 2006.

Product Offerings

Specifically dealing in the electronic design automation industry, Novas offered debugging and visibility enhancement products that cut down on verification time. Novas' main product offerings included the Debussy Debug System, Verdi Automated Debug System and the Siloti family of Visibility Enhancement products.

References

1. ^ EETimes.com - SpringSoft, Novas agree to merge
2. ^ EETimes July 2006 study located here
3. ^ EETimes July 2006 study with graph of findings here

External links

• Springsoft Software homepage