Synopsys lays out strategy for AI ‘agents’ to design computer chips

Korean regulator approves merger of Synopsys, Ansys on divestment conditions

Korea's antitrust regulator on Thursday approved the proposed merger of U.S. chip design software giant Synopsys and engineering software firm Ansys on the condition the companies divest their assets in overlapping business areas, officials said.

Synopsys lays out strategy for AI ‘agents’ to design computer chips

By Stephen Nellis SANTA CLARA, California (Reuters) – Synopsys, which makes software used to design semiconductors, on Wednesday introduced a technology it said will pave the way toward computers taking over many of the tasks in creating new computer chips. Synopsys software helps engineers figure out how to arrange tens of billions of transistors, the tiny electrical switches that make computers work. That already complex task has gotten more c…

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KFTC imposes remedies on Synopsys/Ansys tie-up

Synopsys has won Korean approval for its $35 billion acquisition of Ansys after the country’s competition watchdog accepted merger commitments proposed directly by the parties during the review process for the first time.

Concerns about price increases in the semiconductor chip, optics, and photonics design software market have been resolved. The Fair Trade Commission has approved the merger of Synopsys and Ansys, both U.S.-based software companies, with the condition that some of the assets be sold. The Fair Trade Commission said