Nvidia is deploying AI agents and its new Arm-based Vera CV100 CPU to accelerate chip engineering, as traditional design processes can no longer keep pace with the complexity of modern semiconductors.…
Synopsys on July 27 announced that its autonomous debugging and physical implementation workflows for chip design are available for evaluation through Microsoft Discovery, with AMD testing their use o…
Nvidia reported up to 1.5x higher performance for selected Cadence Jasper formal-verification and Synopsys VCS simulation workloads running on its 88-core Vera CPU, but did not name the baseline CPU, …
NVIDIA is collaborating with Cadence and Synopsys to optimize electronic design automation (EDA) applications for its Vera CPU, deploying the chip across workflows used to develop next-generation CPUs…
Synopsys, Inc. announced advancements to agentic AI for engineering in collaboration with NVIDIA at the 2026 DAC Chips to Systems Conference, developing fully autonomous capabilities for chip design a…
NVIDIA is deploying its Vera CPU across electronic design automation (EDA) workflows used to develop next-generation CPUs and GPUs, collaborating with Cadence and Synopsys to optimize critical applica…
NVIDIA today announced an expansion of the NVIDIA Agent Toolkit with re-architected NVIDIA PhysicsNeMo libraries and updated NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries, enabling developers to build autonomous AI enginee…
The AI transformation of chip design is now visible on the exhibit floor at the 63rd Design Automation Conference (DAC) in Long Beach, according to program chair and Synopsys employee Simon Davidmann.…
KPMG's report 'Silicon Isle' projects that Ireland could support up to 34,500 new semiconductor roles by 2040, driven by surging global demand for AI, data centres, and electric vehicles. The country'…
AMD, Arm Holdings, and Intel are competing to dominate the CPU market for autonomous AI agent workloads, a shift that could reshape semiconductor competition away from GPUs. AMD's x86 server CPU reven…
Synopsys launched the first wave of Multiphysics Fusion solutions on June 17, 2026, combining its AI-powered EDA tools with Ansys signoff analysis to model thermal, IR-drop, electromagnetic, and packa…
Synopsys is discontinuing its chip fab manufacturing control software to redirect engineers toward more profitable AI chip design tools, a move confirmed by internal sources and affecting customers in…
Synopsys is discontinuing its chip fab manufacturing process control software, affecting clients including Samsung, SK Hynix, and Kioxia, as it pivots to AI-driven electronic design automation tools. …
MIPS by GlobalFoundries CEO Sameer Wasson and CTO Yankin Tanurhan discussed the company's acquisition of Synopsys' IP Processor Solutions business and the rise of physical AI in automotive and factory…
Sunnyvale ranked No. 7 among midsize cities in CoworkingCafe's annual study of top cities for college graduates, slipping from second place last year due to a $22,400 income correction and rising yout…
NVIDIA launched the Agent Toolkit, an open modular foundation for building specialized AI agents that enterprises can customize and trust. The toolkit includes Nemotron models, NemoClaw blueprints, an…
EE Times moderated a panel with MIPS CEO Sameer Wasson and RISC-V International CEO Andrea Gallo on rethinking chip design for agentic AI. The discussion covered GlobalFoundries' acquisition of MIPS a…
SiMa.ai launched Palette Neat, an agentic development environment for physical AI systems, enabling developers to design AI systems in plain English and reduce development time from weeks to days or h…
Hewlett Packard Enterprise launched the Quantum Scaling Alliance on November 10, partnering with eight organizations including Applied Materials and Synopsys to integrate quantum accelerators with AI …
UCLA Samueli School of Engineering launched a $125 million semiconductor hub with Broadcom, Applied Materials, GlobalFoundries, Meta, and Synopsys to accelerate AI-powered chip research and workforce …