Case Study: HiSilicon Technologies Co., Ltd. achieves improved EDA license availability and higher designer productivity with Flexera’s FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications

HiSilicon Technologies Co., Ltd Solves License Server Management Problem for Global Design Team

HiSilicon Technologies, a leading Huawei subsidiary that designs chipsets for global telecom and consumer devices, depends on dozens of costly EDA tools used by distributed teams in Beijing, Shanghai, Silicon Valley and Sweden. With license servers centralized at Huawei’s Shenzhen HQ and only home‑grown scripts polling every 30–60 minutes, license outages and denials of service could halt work for a full day and threaten project deadlines, so the company needed better license availability and visibility.

HiSilicon deployed FlexNet Manager for Engineering Applications to centralize concurrent license management and give overseas admins a single console for proactive server administration. The solution cut downtime and denials, sped up issue resolution, enabled self‑service management, and provided detailed usage reporting for forecasting and license optimization—boosting productivity (estimated up to 10%) and reducing the risk of overbuying expensive EDA licenses.

HiSilicon Technologies Co. Ltd

Wu Xiao

CAD Engineer, HiSilicon Technologies Co. Ltd