[2] Founded by Dr. Ivan Pesic (13 September 1951, Resnik, Montenegro — 20 October 2012, Japan)[3][4] in 1984, the company is privately held and internally funded.

In 2003 Silvaco acquired Simucad Inc., a privately held company founded in 1981[5] that provided logic simulation EDA software.

[15] In 2018, Silvaco acquired NanGate, a privately held company providing tools and services for creation, optimization, characterization, and validation of physical library IP.

[19] In 2020, Silvaco acquired the assets of Coupling Wave Solutions S.A., a privately held company providing silicon substrate noise analysis software.

The acquisition expanded company’s capabilities for rapid physical verification of IC designs prior to mask creation and manufacturing and for cloud enablement of EDA tools[22] In April 2024, Silvaco announced the Launch of their Initial Public Offering.

[23] In May 2019, the company announced that the semiconductor design IP of Samsung Foundry (SF) is now marketed, licensed, and supported through Silvaco.