PITTSBURGH – Ansys today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Helic, a provider of electromagnetic crosstalk software for systems-on-chips.

Ansys said the acquisition will give it a comprehensive solution for on-chip, 3-D integrated circuit and chip-package-system electromagnetics and noise analysis.

The transaction is expected to close in the first current quarter. Management will provide further details regarding the transaction and its impact on the 2019 financial outlook after closing.

Santa Clara, CA-based Helic has more than 50 employees, including locations in Greece, Japan and Ireland.

In a news release, Ansys said Helic's software helps semiconductor companies debug and analyze electromagnetic crosstalk issues in their SoC designs and reduce the risk of silicon failure. When combined with Ansys' solutions for electromagnetics and power-integrity noise analysis, engineers can deploy an electromagnetic-aware design methodology to design devices in all advanced nodes, optimize the die size and precisely capture electromagnetic and parasitic effects from direct current up to 110GHz, the company said.