Daisy Systems Corp.

Daisy Systems Corp. One of the original Computer Aided Engineering companies. In mid-1980s, it had a subsidiary in Germany, Daisy Systems GmbH and one in Israel.

Sticking too long with proprietary hardware, and attempting a hostile takeover of the market leader in an area that Daisy was looking to expand, ultimately killed the company. Daisy Systems Corporation incorporated in 1981 in Mountain View, California, was a computer-aided engineering, CAE, company, a pioneer in the Electronic design automation (EDA) industry. Daisy along with Valid Logic Systems

and Mentor Graphics, collectively known as DMV, added front end design to the existing computer-aided design aspects of computer automation. It was a manufacturer of computer hardware and software for EDA, including schematic capture, logic simulation, parameter extraction and other tools for printed circuit board design and semiconductor chip layout. The company merged with Cadnetix Corp of Boulder, Colorado in 1988, with the resulting company then known officially as Daisy/Cadnetix, Inc. with the trade name DAZIX. It filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1990 and was acquired by Intergraph later that year. Intergraph incorporated DAZIX into its EDA business unit, which was later spun off as an independent subsidiary named VeriBest, Inc. VeriBest was ultimately acquired by Mentor Graphics in late 1999.

09/08/2025

Daisy Alums,
For those of you who are unaware, Ram Banin passed away earlier this month.

Please join us Wednesday, September 10th, 2025 to swap stories and raise a final toast to him. Also, please forward this invitation to anyone you think might be interested.


Wednesday, September 10th 5:30pm - 9pm
Ram Toast at 7:00
Laughing Monk Brewing
1235 Oakmead Parkway
Sunnyvale, CA
94085

Here are a few notes:
* Each person is responsible for their own charges. We encourage people to remember to tip their servers.
* The 5:30pm - 9pm is just a guide for the restaurant, not a hard start or stop.


We look forward to seeing you.
Gus, Rami, Karla and Bill

I just found out that Dave Townsend died in March 2024. Often called "Dive" at Daisy he was a funny guy with an amazing...
01/12/2025

I just found out that Dave Townsend died in March 2024. Often called "Dive" at Daisy he was a funny guy with an amazing music collection!

What's Up DAC? 1991 page 1
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What's Up DAC? 1991 page 1

What's Up DAC? 1991 page 2
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What's Up DAC? 1991 page 2

What's Up DAC? 1991 page 3
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What's Up DAC? 1991 page 3

What's Up DAC? 1991 page 4
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What's Up DAC? 1991 page 4

Randy Haldeman has been sentenced. He'll probably be killed within a year. It's what happens to child mo**sters in pri...
11/27/2022

Randy Haldeman has been sentenced. He'll probably be killed within a year. It's what happens to child mo**sters in prison.

A Menlo Park photographer who used his access to children to mo**st several of them over the last 30 years has been sentenced to 165 years to life in prison for his crimes, San Mateo District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe said.

Don't play poker with Dave Stamm!
07/01/2022

Don't play poker with Dave Stamm!

Dave Stamm is a surprisingly unexpected life explorer — not the man you would think he would be at first glance. A longtime tech guy, engineer at heart,

An image from a big coffee-table book, "Silicon Valley HIGH TECH - Window To The Future" ©1985, showing Karla Krause-Mil...
02/26/2022

An image from a big coffee-table book, "Silicon Valley HIGH TECH - Window To The Future" ©1985, showing Karla Krause-Miller in Michele Perrotta's blazer. She was designing the Motorola 68040 processor soon to be launched in the revolutionary Apple Macintosh.

Well, maybe not...

02/14/2022

Starting in 1988, three smart-asses at Daisy wrote a newsletter lampooning the CAE industry entitled, "What's Up DAC?" I found all three copies and have scanned and posted them in the photos. The smart-asses kinda got busted printing copies at Quickturn one Saturday afternoon in 1990.

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