Altair Acquires Leading EDA Software Solutions Provider, Polliwog

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Leading technology company, Altair, has announced the acquisition of Polliwog Co. Ltd., a high-tech software company based near Seoul. Providing EDA software to the rapidly growing electronics industry, Polliwog expands Altair’s solution portfolio for system-level engineering to the PCB design and analysis market. Its impressive customer roster includes major consumer electronics companies, such as Samsung and LG Electronics.

Polliwog products include a powerful PCB modeler, simulation solvers, and design verification tools. These solutions integrate seamlessly into customer environments that use any of the leading ECAD PCB design solutions.

The PollEx Modeler imports complete PCB design data and provides users with convenient ways to explore design details and verify manufacturability. PollEx is an open solution, which transfers data flawlessly between different ECAD and simulation environments. Its many features include query, measure, finding objects, and various reporting. It includes integrated solvers for circuit, thermal, power and signal integrity simulation that are easy to use and give instant multi-disciplinary design feedback.

According to James Scapa, Altair’s chairman, CEO and Founder, Polliwog’s powerful PCB modeler and design verification tools allow EDA engineers at small and enterprise customers to collaborate at never-seen-before levels and greatly expand Altair’s HyperWorks solution portfolio. The integrated design of mechanical behavior and electronics is a trademark of today’s product development. Throughout the last several years Altair has expanded from its foundation of mechanical simulation software into areas of systems simulation and electromagnetics. Polliwog’s PCB solvers and verification tools extend these capabilities further.

With its current business mostly being focused on Korea, Polliwog, according to its President and CEO, Sun Hewh Huh, sees Altair as the right fit for global expansion.