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Microsoft reports up to 4.15x faster EDA workloads on Cobalt 200
Chips and infrastructureNovember 5, 2026, 17:00

Microsoft reports up to 4.15x faster EDA workloads on Cobalt 200

Microsoft says its Azure Cobalt 200 infrastructure delivered between 1.30x and 4.15x the performance of Cobalt 100 across electronic design automation workloads. The…

Synopsys Opens Chip Design Tools to European Startups and Researchers
Chips and infrastructureNovember 4, 2026, 15:00

Synopsys Opens Chip Design Tools to European Startups and Researchers

Synopsys has agreed to make its electronic design automation software available to semiconductor startups and medium-sized enterprises through the European Chips Design…

Synopsys shows GPU speedups of up to 40x in EDA and simulation at GTC Berlin
Chips and infrastructureOctober 21, 2026, 13:35

Synopsys shows GPU speedups of up to 40x in EDA and simulation at GTC Berlin

Synopsys is presenting more than 20 GPU-enabled EDA and multiphysics solutions at NVIDIA GTC Berlin, now supporting 50 NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries and frameworks. According…

Synopsys Teams With OpenAI on GPT-Synopsys and Sets 2030 Targets
BusinessSeptember 30, 2026, 22:05

Synopsys Teams With OpenAI on GPT-Synopsys and Sets 2030 Targets

Synopsys said at its 2026 Investor Day in New York that it will work with OpenAI as preferred partners to build GPT-Synopsys, a specialized model for chip design. The…

Synopsys Hosts 2026 Investor Day in New York, Unveils Amazon and OpenAI Announcements
BusinessSeptember 30, 2026, 15:01

Synopsys Hosts 2026 Investor Day in New York, Unveils Amazon and OpenAI Announcements

Synopsys held its 2026 Investor Day in New York City on Sept. 30, 2026, where management outlined the company's long-term financial targets and strategy. The event came…

Synopsys and Amazon sign multi-year IP deal worth more than $1B
Chips and infrastructureSeptember 30, 2026, 15:00

Synopsys and Amazon sign multi-year IP deal worth more than $1B

Synopsys has signed a multi-year agreement with Amazon, worth more than $1 billion according to the company, to supply silicon IP and AI-powered engineering software for…

Synopsys Launches AgentEngineer Agents and Autopilot Platform
Products and toolsSeptember 28, 2026, 15:00

Synopsys Launches AgentEngineer Agents and Autopilot Platform

Synopsys has introduced AgentEngineer, a portfolio of domain-specific long-horizon agents that can reason, plan and execute complete engineering workflows, built on its…

NVIDIA and Synopsys Announce Strategic Partnership on Engineering and Design
BusinessSeptember 28, 2026

NVIDIA and Synopsys Announce Strategic Partnership on Engineering and Design

NVIDIA and Synopsys have announced a strategic partnership aimed at engineering and design, according to the title of a release on NVIDIA's newsroom. The text available…