Key Milestone Solidifies Era of Autonomous Chip Design by Realising Exceptional Results on Samsung's Most Advanced Process Technology AI.

TSMC Recognises Long-Standing Collaboration with Synopsys on Semiconductor Innovation with Multiple OIP Partner of the Year Awards

To facilitate chip innovation and enable designers to quickly achieve silicon success of complex high-performance computing (HPC) and mobile SoCs, Synopsys, today announced a collaboration with TSMC to develop a broad portfolio of Synopsys DesignWare Interface and Foundation IP on the TSMC N4P process. 

AIM Photonics has certified Synopsys' IC Validator design tool or physical verification signoff of photonics ICs, opening up design activities, including for networking SoCs and AI accelerator engines

Synopsys today announced that as part of its ongoing evolution and scaling of the business, Sassine Ghazi has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer, effective 1st November 2021. Chi-Foon Chan will transition from his Co-CEO position over the first half of fiscal 2022, after which he will continue to support the company's long-term success in a new role.

Synopsys has announced that Samsung Foundry collaborated with Synopsys on its VC Functional Safety Manager solution. VC Functional Safety Manager (VC FSM) provides the necessary automation for the functional safety Failure Mode Effects Analysis (FMEA) and Failure Modes Effects Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA) for automotive SoCs.

Synopsys has announced that it has entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (ASR) with Mizuho Markets Americas to repurchase an aggregate of $175 million of Synopsys stock.

Synopsys has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the semiconductor and flat panel display solutions from BISTel, a specialist in engineering equipment systems and AI applications for semiconductor smart manufacturing, headquartered in South Korea.

Synopsys has announced that it has acquired Code Dx, a provider of an application security risk management solution that automates and accelerates the discovery, prioritization, and remediation of software vulnerabilities. 

Synopsys released the 2021 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis (OSSRA) report. The report, produced by the Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC), examines the results of more than 1,500 audits of commercial codebases, performed by the Black Duck Audit Services team.

Synopsys has announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire MorethanIP, a provider of Ethernet Digital Controller IP supporting data rates from 10G to 800G. This acquisition will expand Synopsys' DesignWare Ethernet Controller IP portfolio with the addition of MAC and PCS for 200G/400G and 800G Ethernet, providing customers with a complete low-latency, high-performance Ethernet IP solution for networking, AI, and cloud computing SoCs.

Synopsys has announced the immediate availability of ZeBu Empower emulation system, delivering technology for fast hardware-software power verification of multi-billion gate SoC designs. The performance of ZeBu Empower enables multiple iterations per day with actionable power profiling in the context of the full design and its software workload.

Synopsys has announced that Kyocera Document Solutions has achieved first-pass silicon success for its new multifunction product (MFP) SoC using Synopsys DesignWare ARC EV6x Embedded Vision Processor IP with convolutional neural network (CNN) engine and ARC MetaWare EV Development Toolkit.

Synopsys has announced that Sondrel has adopted the Synopsys Fusion Design and Verification Continuum platforms to accelerate the design and verification of large, complex system-on-chip (SoC) designs for automotive, AI, machine learning, IoT, consumer AR/VR gaming, and security applications. Sondrel plans to use solutions from Synopsys' design and verification platforms to create power-efficient designs for their customers.

Synopsys has announced the release of version 9.1 of its LightTools illumination design software, which expands LightTools' features and workflows for illumination optics design with new tools to model and analyse light detection and ranging (LiDAR), AR/VR, and biomedical systems.

Synopsys has announced that it has been recognised as a leader in The Forrester Wave: Static Application Security Testing, Q1 2021. The report identifies the 12 most significant vendors in the static application security testing (SAST) market and evaluates them against 28 criteria in three high-level categories: current offering, strategy, and market presence.

Synopsys has announced that AImotive has adopted Synopsys VCS simulation and Verdi debug, part of the Verification Continuum Platform, to help verify its innovative aiWare hardware IP for Neural Network (NN) acceleration for automated driving applications.

Synopsys has announced its collaboration with Samsung Foundry to deliver a new certified digital implementation, timing and physical signoff reference flow accelerating high-performance compute designs using the Synopsys Fusion Design Platform.

Synopsys has announced the availability of the Verification IP (VIP) for Compute Express Link (CXL) 2.0 designed for performance in data-intensive system-on-chips (SoCs). 

Synopsys and Samsung Foundry has announced the release of a validated automotive reference flow to streamline SoC hardware design for in-system test, implementation, verification, timing and physical signoff for ISO 26262 compliance. This reference flow is targeted for automotive safety integrity level (ASIL) D autonomous driving and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) applications.