Synopsys, a chip design company, buys ArchPro

Synopsys, a Mountain View, Calif. maker of semiconductor design software, said it has acquired ArchPro Design Automation, a Milpitas, Calif. maker of chip power management technology.

ArchPro managers power in multi-voltage designs from chip architecture to RTL and gate-level design.

Here’s the announcement.

ArchPro had raised $5.5 million from Entrepia Ventures, Intel Capital and Sage Technology Ventures. Separately, an investor at Intel told VentureWire (sub required) that the outcome was “very powerful.”

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