• 1973

Company Description

Compact Software is a microwave computer-aided design (CAD) company.

Compact Software is the first successful microwave computer-aided design (CAD) company. The company was founded in 1973 by Les Besser to commercialize his eponymous program COMPACT (Computerized Optimization of Microwave Passive and Active CircuiTs), released when he was at Farinon Electric Company.