Clear Shape Technologies, Inc. develops design-for-manufacturing (DFM) software and technologies. The company, specializing in design-side solutions to minimize yield loss for advanced semiconductor integrated circuits, focuses on delivering a Variability Platform that allows designers to control and optimize the parametric and catastrophic impact of systematic manufacturing variations. It offers InShape, a lithography process checker; and OutPerform, a silicon validated eDFM product. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Acquired by Cadence in 2007