Last Thursday, the same day that Synopsys announced it’s acquisition of MIPS’ Analog Business Group (ABG) for $22M in cash, I had a long overdue lunch with a former colleague of mine at Synopsys. We spent most of the time talking about family, and how each other’s jobs were going, and the economy, and the industry in general.
At some point, the discussion got around to Aart DeGeus and his leadership qualities. My friend, who plays bass guitar with Aart on occasion, shared with me his observations of Synopsys’ CEO outside of work.
