Primarius Technologies Co., Ltd.

Chinese maker of chip design and semiconductor manufacturing software tools

What Primarius does

Primarius makes the specialized software engineers use to design computer chips and to get them ready for manufacturing, known as electronic design automation (EDA). It also sells lab testing equipment that measures how chip components behave, and it offers engineering services that help chip factories and designers model and check their technology. Its customers are chip foundries, memory makers, and chip design companies in China and abroad.

How Primarius makes money

It earns revenue by licensing its EDA software tools to foundries, memory manufacturers, and chip designers. It also sells semiconductor testing systems and charges fees for design enablement services such as wafer testing, SPICE modeling, and PDK/IP development.

Products & services

• NanoSpice circuit simulation and verification
• NanoDesigner full custom design platform
• Fab EDA and AMS/digital design EDA tools
• Parameter testing and noise measurement systems
• Design enablement services (SPICE modeling, PDK and IP development)
• Design technology co-optimization (DTCO) solutions