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{{Short description|American information technology company}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = PDF Solutions, Inc.
| type = [[Public company|Public]]
| traded_as = {{NASDAQ|PDFS}}<br>[[List of S&P 600 companies|S&P 600 Component]]
| industry = Big Data Analytics<br>Semiconductor
| key_people ={{ubl
|John K. Kibarian ([[Chief executive officer|CEO]] & [[President (corporate title)|president]])
|Kimon W. Michaels ([[Vice president#In business|vice president]])
|Andrzej Strojwas (Chief Technologist)}}
| founded = {{start date and age|1991}}
| founders = {{ubl|John K. Kibarian|Kimon W. Michaels}}
| location = [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]], [[California]], [[United States]]
| revenue = US$ 165.8 million <small>(2023)</small>
| homepage = 
}}

'''PDF Solutions, Inc.''' is an American multinational software and engineering services company based in [[Santa Clara, California|Santa Clara]], [[California]]. The company is listed in the [[Nasdaq]] stock exchange under the ticker symbol PDFS.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PDF Solutions |url=https://semiengineering.com/entities/pdf-solutions/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Semiconductor Engineering |language=en-US}}</ref>

== History ==
PDF Solutions was co-founded in 1991 by John Kibarian and Kimon Michaels. Kibarian was appointed CEO in 2000,<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Kibarian, President & CEO at PDF Solutions Biography |url=https://www.rblt.com/tech-summit-biography/john-kibarian |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=www.rblt.com |language=en}}</ref> and in July 2001, the company went public.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PDF Solutions |url=https://semiengineering.com/entities/pdf-solutions/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=Semiconductor Engineering |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Acquisitions ==
In October 2006, PDF Solutions purchased Si Automation for $26.6 million in cash.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2006 |title=PDF completes $35M acquisition of Si Automation |url=https://www.eetimes.com/pdf-completes-35m-acquisition-of-si-automation/ |access-date=November 11, 2024 |website=EE Times}}</ref>

In 2019, the company purchased assets from StreamMosaic.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PDF Solutions Acquires StreamMosaic Assets |url=https://investingnews.com/daily/tech-investing/emerging-tech-investing/artificial-intelligence-investing/pdf-solutions-acquires-streammosaic-assets/ |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=investingnews.com |language=en}}</ref>  

PDF Solutions acquired Cimetrix Incorporated in November 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PDF Solutions to Acquire Smart Manufacturing and Factory Connectivity Expert Cimetrix |url=https://www.cimetrix.com/pdf-solutions-to-acquire-smart-manufacturing-and-factory-connectivity-expert-cimetrix |access-date=2024-11-12 |website=www.cimetrix.com |language=en}}</ref> In July 2023, the company acquired Lantern Machinery Analytics.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 November 2023 |title=PDF Solutions (PDFS) Acquires Lantern Machinery Analytics |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/pdf-solutions-pdfs-acquires-lantern-112300363.html?guccounter=1 |access-date=November 10, 2024 |website=Yahoo! Finance}}</ref>

== Corporate affairs ==

=== Financial results ===
The following is an overview of the main financial results from recent years:
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Data
!2016
!2017
!2018
!2019
!2020
!2021
!2022
!2023
|-
|Net revenues (in million)
|$107.461
|$101.871
|$85.794
|$85.585
|$88.064
|$111.060
|$148.549
|$165.835
|-
|Net income (in million)
|$9.103
| -$1.337
| -$7.716
| -$5.418
| -$40.363
| -$21.488
| -$3.429
| $3.105
|}

== Products and services ==
According to PDF Solutions the company currently serves more than 500 clients in 36 countries, including brands like [[TSMC]], [[Intel]], [[Analog Devices]] and [[Qualcomm]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Presentations |url=https://www.pdf.com/company/investor-relations/investor-presentations/ |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=PDF Solutions |language=en-US}}</ref> Clients come from the fields of [[Foundry|foundries]], semiconductor design companies and equipment manufacturers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2020 Annual Report |url=https://ir.pdf.com/static-files/6e404f0d-a33f-4b75-9e17-45fd00edc8e0 |access-date=2022-03-26 |website=pdf.com}}</ref>

The company produces software, hardware and semiconductor-based intellectual property (IP) to provide advanced data management and analytics that support the manufacturing and testing of [[integrated circuit]]s and [[System on a chip|systems on chips]] used in electronic devices such as smartphones, computers and the [[Advanced driver-assistance systems|advanced driver assistance systems]] ([[Advanced driver-assistance systems|ADAS]]) of modern automobiles.

==See also==
* [[Electronic design automation]]
* [[Computer-aided manufacturing]]

== References ==
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[[Category:Companies listed on the Nasdaq]]
[[Category:Electronic design automation companies]]
[[Category:Electronics companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Software companies based in California]]
[[Category:2001 initial public offerings]]


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