Engineering the future: Siemens EDA’s vision for empowering semiconductor design across Europe
In an era where semiconductors are at the core of every industry—from automotive and aerospace to communications and AI—design teams face new levels of complexity with constant downward pressure on timelines. Siemens EDA is clearly positioning as a solution provider and as a strategic partner to Europe’s semiconductor ecosystem.
As one of the few global companies with both deep EDA capabilities and extensive domain expertise across digital industries, Siemens EDA is investing in innovation, partnerships, and enablement to meet the evolving needs of design engineers and technical leaders across Europe.
A broader role in an expanding ecosystem Siemens
Semiconductor design is no longer the domain of isolated engineering teams working in proprietary silos. Today’s fabless companies, systems houses, and start-ups require flexible, open, and integrated design platforms. Siemens EDA sees its role expanding along four strategic fronts:
- Enabling next-generation digital, analog and mixed-signal design
- Supporting design migration across technologies and foundries
- Reducing risk and time-to-market with trusted verification and simulation tools
- Fostering innovation through ecosystem collaboration and access
By aligning more closely with foundries, universities, and regional initiatives—including the European Chips Act—Siemens is working to ensure that design teams can focus on innovation, not infrastructure.
Unlocking value in analog and Custom IC design
Europe is recognised as a powerhouse in analog, RF and mixed-signal IC design, powering everything from precision industrial sensors to advanced connectivity solutions. Siemens EDA has doubled down on support for these domains through a focused portfolio that includes:
- Custom IC Design: Custom IC, MEMS & Photonics design
- Solido™ software: Custom IC verification in analog simulation, variation analysis, and design robustness
- Calibre® platform: IC verification and DFM optimization providing the industry’s standard for physical verification and signoff
- Tessent™ software: Design for Test
The platforms are designed for performance and accessibility—enabling smaller teams, start-ups, and university researchers to get up to speed quickly.
Supporting emerging technologies: Chiplet, (Photonics ICs), MEMS and beyond
Beyond IC analog and digital flows, Siemens EDA is increasingly active in enabling:
- Heterogeneous integration: Support for chiplets, packaging, and system-level verification continues to grow.
- PIC design: With growing adoption in high-speed interconnects and sensing, Siemens tools help integrate photonics into broader IC design flows.
- MEMS and sensor design: Siemens brings unique value through cross-domain simulation—integrating mechanical, fluidic, and electrical effects.
By investing in support for these technologies, Siemens EDA is helping designers innovate at the physical edge of what’s possible.
Accelerating start-ups and academic innovation
As Europe expands its semiconductor ambitions, Siemens EDA is playing a key role in enabling early-stage design through collaborative initiatives and academic outreach. This includes:
- Participation in the European Chips Act design platform initiative: which will give start-ups access to EDA tools and IP through a common portal
- Partnerships with universities and research institutes: to equip students and researchers with the tools they’ll use in industry
- Support for open PDKs and multi-foundry flows: enabling design reuse and migration between manufacturing processes
These programmes aim to lower the barrier to innovation—especially for companies building first-time silicon or developing novel IP.
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What sets Siemens EDA apart is not just its technology, but its foundation. As part of Siemens Digital Industries Software, the EDA division benefits from access to deep manufacturing expertise, industrial software integration, and a vision that spans from digital twin to silicon.
Design teams benefit through:
- Scalability: From individual tools to full flow environments
- Reliability: Proven solutions deployed in automotive, aerospace, and medical domains
- Partnership: Regional support, foundry collaboration, and field-proven consulting services
Europe at the forefront
Siemens EDA’s continued investment in the EMEA region reflects its confidence in Europe’s semiconductor future. The region’s strength in analog, sensors, automotive, and photonics is matched by a new wave of start-ups and public-private collaboration.
Whether you’re part of a large fabless company exploring new flows, a university lab developing novel architectures, or a growing start-up looking to move from prototype to production—Siemens EDA is building the tools, partnerships, and infrastructure to support your journey.
Let’s engineer the future, together.