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title: "Virtutech: AI company profile, people and coverage"
description: "Virtutech was a company founded in 1998 as a spin-off from the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS), to commercially develop its Simics computer architecture simulator software. In 2004, Virtutech accepted investment and moved its headquarters to San Jose, California."
canonical: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-virtutech
type: Organization
wikidata: Q7935252
wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtutech
website: http://www.virtutech.com/
source: AI News Monitor
publisher: Paciva
license: CC BY 4.0 for this page's own layer; facts from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
---

# Virtutech

> Virtutech was a company founded in 1998 as a spin-off from the Swedish Institute of Computer Science (SICS), to commercially develop its Simics computer architecture simulator software. In 2004, Virtutech accepted investment and moved its headquarters to San Jose, California.

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## Facts

- Category: Artificial intelligence
- Country: United States
- Founded: 1998-01-01
- Headquarters: San Jose
- Status: subsidiary
- Website: http://www.virtutech.com/
- Industries: software industry

## Ownership

Parent: [Intel](https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-intel.md)

## Products

- Simics

## Coverage on the Monitor

Every article, podcast, video and market the Monitor holds on Virtutech, dated and linked to its publisher: https://monitor.paciva.ai/company-virtutech#connections

## Sources

- Facts: Wikidata (CC0 1.0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7935252, read 2026-11-11
- Summary: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtutech
- Filings: SEC EDGAR, https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001285168

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