Synopsys Enhances AI Capabilities for Semiconductor Design Solutions

Synopsys is expanding its AI capabilities for semiconductor design solutions, enabling engineering teams to accelerate development timelines and support more complex designs. The Synopsys.ai Copilot generative AI capabilities have demonstrated significant design quality and engineer productivity gains, accelerating customer workflows from days to hours and hours to minutes. The company's assistive and creative GenAI capabilities include a knowledge assistant, workflow assistant, formal assertion generation, and RTL code generation, helping customers optimize silicon performance and increase engineering velocity amidst a workforce shortage.

Synopsys, a leading provider of semiconductor design solutions, has announced an expansion of its AI capabilities through the Synopsys.ai Copilot generative AI (GenAI) platform. This move aims to accelerate development timelines, support more complex designs, and address workforce shortages in the industry.

The expanded Synopsys.ai Copilot includes both assistive and creative generative AI capabilities. The assistive GenAI capabilities, such as the knowledge assistant and workflow assistant applications, have demonstrated significant productivity gains in early customer trials. For instance, the knowledge assistant has reported a 30% faster ramp time for early-career engineers, while the workflow assistant application improves time to solutions for scripts by two times on average, and up to 10-20 times faster when used with Synopsys PrimeTime [1].

In the creative AI domain, a leading AI infrastructure solutions provider observed a 35% boost in engineering productivity within formal verification workflows, enabling the validation of 10 design components in 10 days [1].

Synopsys has also introduced Ansys Engineering Copilot, a virtual assistant designed to shorten learning curves and increase productivity when using Synopsys simulation tools. Additionally, the company is developing AgentEngineer technology in collaboration with Microsoft, with the first prototype recently showcased at DAC 2025. This technology aims to introduce progressive levels of autonomous execution in engineering workflows [1].

The Synopsys.ai knowledge assistant application is now available for all Synopsys Cloud users on both SaaS and Bring Your Own Cloud deployments. This expansion is expected to fuel engineering productivity and significantly accelerate time-to-tape out for startups hosted on the Synopsys Cloud SaaS platform, which currently hosts more than 100 startups in production [1].

Synopsys' recent acquisition of Ansys has further expanded its engineering solutions capabilities, positioning the combined entity in a $31 billion market. The next earnings report, scheduled for September 9, will reflect the integrated financials of the combined company [2].

The market response to these developments has been positive, with analysts generally optimistic about Synopsys' future performance. KeyBanc, Piper Sandler, and Goldman Sachs have raised their price targets for Synopsys, maintaining an Overweight rating and a Buy rating, respectively [2].

References:
[1] https://news.synopsys.com/2025-09-03-Synopsys-Announces-Expanding-AI-Capabilities-for-its-Leading-EDA-Solutions
[2] https://www.investing.com/news/company-news/synopsys-expands-ai-copilot-capabilities-for-semiconductor-design-93CH-4221851