Synopsys has released new information that it has completed its acquisition of Ansys. The original transaction was announced on January 16, 2024, and will merge two leaders in silicon design, IP, simulation, and analysis to transform AI-dependent products.

TSMC, Cadence, KLA, Siemens, and Synopsys are advancing semiconductor manufacturing by adopting the NVIDIA CUDA-X and NVIDIA Blackwell platforms.  

COMPUTEX—NVIDIA's NVIDIA NVLink Fusion, new silicon designed to enable the build of semi-custom AI infrastructure, has been adopted by MediaTek, Marvell, Alchip Technologies, Astera Labs, Synopsys, and Cadence, enabling custom silicon scale-up to support workloads for model training and agentic AI inference. 

Synopsys has announced a brand new UCIe IP solution operating at up to 40 Gbps per pin and the company says it’s targeted directly at the computing needs of data centers layered with ever-more sophisticated AI applications.

Synopsys is all in on generative AI, and it’s putting its money where its mouth is by creating a Center for Generative AI within the company. Being that I had no idea what this meant, how it would work, or what it would mean to the industry, I invited the Center’s Executive Director, Stelios Diamantidis, to join me on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast. He laid out what the Center looks like today, and what it will mean to the entire industry going forward.

Sunnyvale, California and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Synopsys has announced it will obtain Ansys and combine its semiconductor electronic design automation (EDA) with Ansys' broad simulation and analysis portfolio. "The megatrends of AI, silicon proliferation and software-defined systems are requiring more compute performance and efficiency in the face of growing, systemic complexity. Bringing together Synopsys' industry-leading EDA solutions with Ansys' world-class simulation and analysis capabilities will enable us to deliver a holistic, powerful and seamlessly integrated silicon to systems approach to innovation to help maximize the capabilities of technology R&D teams across a broad range of industries," said Sassine Ghazi, President and CEO of Synopsys.

Sunnyvale, California. Synopsys, Inc is expanding its ARC Processor IP portfolio with its RISC-V ARC-V Processor IP. The series will consists of low to high performance options to fit the intended application allowing the flexibility designers need. “RISC-V processors are gaining in popularity as more designers look for greater design flexibility and more options,” said John Koeter, senior vice president of product management and strategy for IP at Synopsys.