中国最大的电子设计自动化（EDA）工具供应商华大九天计划收购一家国内初创公司的多数股权，此举将强化北京推动技术自主的努力，并支持华为技术有限公司的半导体雄心。
Empyrean Technology, China’s top provider of electronic design automation (EDA) tools, plans to acquire a majority stake in a domestic start-up, reinforcing Beijing’s drive for tech self-sufficiency and bolstering support for Huawei Technologies’ semiconductor ambitions.
这家总部位于北京的公司周日在一份深圳证券交易所文件中表示，将以2.188亿元人民币（3300万美元）收购阿卡思微电子50.38%的股权。交易完成后，这家初创公司将被纳入华大九天的财务报表合并范围。
The Beijing-based firm said in a Shenzhen Stock Exchange filing on Sunday that it would acquire a 50.38 per cent stake in Easy-Logic Technology for 218.8 million yuan (US$33 million). Once completed, the start-up would be consolidated into Empyrean’s financial statements.
总部位于深圳的阿卡思微电子成立于2021年，开发逻辑优化工具，帮助芯片设计人员缩短迭代时间并降低资源需求。华大九天表示，这家初创公司的算法曾在国际EDA竞赛中获奖，其产品已被全球近100家数字芯片设计公司使用。
Founded in 2021, Shenzhen-based Easy-Logic develops logic optimisation tools that help chip designers reduce iteration time and resource requirements. The start-up’s algorithms had won international EDA competitions and its products were used by nearly 100 digital chip design firms across the globe, according to Empyrean.
此次收购凸显了中国推动开发关键外国技术本土替代方案的紧迫性。微芯片开发依赖EDA软件，而这个市场长期由三家西方企业主导：新思科技、楷登电子和西门子EDA。
The acquisition underscores the urgency of China’s campaign to develop local alternatives to critical foreign technologies. Microchip development relies on EDA software, a market long dominated by three Western players: Synopsys, Cadence Design Systems and Siemens EDA.
随着华盛顿收紧对先进技术的出口管制，北京已向国内领军企业施压，包括华大九天、概伦电子和广立微，要求它们缩小与全球竞争对手的技术差距。
As Washington tightens tech export controls on advanced technologies, Beijing has pressed domestic champions – including Empyrean, Primarius Technologies and Semitronix – to close the technological gap with global rivals.
华大九天在文件中指出，随着制造工艺进步以及行业采用华为的“韬定律”，逻辑优化对芯片设计已变得越来越重要。
Empyrean noted in the filing that logic optimisation had become increasingly important to chip design as manufacturing processes advanced and the industry adopted Huawei’s Tau Scaling Law.
华为的芯片制造方法论于今年早些时候公布，旨在到2031年实现相当于先进1.4纳米工艺节点的晶体管性能，从而减少对目前被美国出口限制所阻断的尖端光刻设备的依赖。
Unveiled earlier this year, Huawei’s chipmaking methodology aims to achieve transistor performance equivalent to an advanced 1.4-nanometre process node by 2031, reducing reliance on cutting-edge lithography equipment currently blocked by US export curbs.
该框架对EDA软件提出了更高的性能要求，给国内供应商带来了升级工具的压力。
The framework places higher performance demands on EDA software, creating pressure on domestic suppliers to upgrade their tools.
Empyrean 表示，此次收购将通过整合 Easy‑Logic 的工程人才和知识产权，提升其下一代人工智能和三维集成电路设计（3D IC）能力。
Empyrean said the acquisition would boost its next-generation artificial intelligence and three-dimensional integrated circuit design (3D IC) capabilities by integrating Easy-Logic’s engineering talent and intellectual property.
该公司已成为华为路线图的关键支持者。5 月，Empyrean 推出 Argus——一种用于 3D IC 设计的物理验证平台，称其为实现 Tau 缩放定律的“关键载体”。
The company has emerged as a key backer of Huawei’s road map. In May, Empyrean unveiled Argus, a physical verification platform for 3D IC design that it described as a “key carrier” for implementing the Tau Scaling Law.
Empyrean 还将 AI 优化算法和智能工具整合进其软件套件，董事长刘伟平在 9 月表示，这将把电路布局任务所需时间从四周缩短至一周。
Empyrean had also integrated AI-optimised algorithms and agentic tools into its software suite, slashing the time needed for circuit layout tasks from four weeks to one week, chairman Liu Weiping said in September.