Synopsys has taken over the Californiain HPL Technologies for a sum of 13 million US$. HPL was founded in 1998 and offers software for efficiency management as well as Test Chip solutions for semiconductor and display production. Synopsis had already bought a participation of 29.9% of the company in June 2004. The end of year results of HPL in March showed a turnover of 9.8 m US$ and a net loss of 9.4 m US$. The European branches are situated in France and Armenia.