Histoire d'ANSYS
John A. Swanson
50 ans d'Ansys - les premières années (cadfem.net)
66 PhD Pittsburgh
1970 : Création de Swanson Analysis Systems
2000 : acquisition de ICEM CFD Engineering
2001 : acquisition de CADOE S.A
2003 : acquisition de CFX
2005 : acquisition de Century Dynamics
2006 : acquisition de Fluent Inc.
2008 : Acquisition de Ansoft Corporation
P.c. Kohnke de 73 à 2005
Gabriel J. DiSalvio
Swanson Analysis Systems
ANSYS Inc.
1970
1e version
FLOTRAN started as a graduate (PhD) project by Rita J. Schnipke in the University of Virginia circa 1986
Rita started (or helped start) Compuflo which was later sold to ANSYS in 1992
Rita Jane Schnipke, A streamline upwind finite element method for laminar and turbulent flow, Dissertation, University of Virginia, 1986
1994 Peter Smith CEO
February 26, 2003, ANSYS acquired CFX
Jan 5, 2005, ANSYS announced that it has acquired Century Dynamics. Century Dynamics.
Century Dynamics' main product, AUTODYN,
1999
Retraite
James (Jim) E. Cashman CEO
2006 achat de FLUENT pour 565M$
15 janvier 2024 : Ansys est racheté par Synopsys pour 19 milliards de dollars. L'achat sera finalisé au 1er semestre 2025