Synopsys

Nvidia is investing $2 billion in Synopsys to merge its GPU‑based AI acceleration with Synopsys’s electronic‑design‑automation software. The alliance aims to cut chip design and simulation cycles from weeks to hours, dramatically lower prototyping costs, and extend AI acceleration from consumer workloads to industrial sectors such as automotive and aerospace. By adapting GPU‑centric compute to EDA, Nvidia broadens its ecosystem, counters competition from Google’s TPUs, and taps a trillion‑dollar industrial AI market, while Synopsys gains faster, more accurate design tools. Both firms see the partnership as a pivotal growth driver.

words.Nvidia has bought $2 billion of Synopsys common stock and entered a multiyear partnership to speed up compute‑intensive applications, AI‑driven engineering, cloud access and joint go‑to‑market initiatives. The deal values Synopsys shares at $414.79, with Synopsys up about 7% pre‑market and Nvidia down roughly 1%. By embedding Nvidia’s GPU acceleration into Synopsys’ EDA tools, the collaboration aims to shorten chip design cycles, expand Nvidia’s reach in semiconductor design, and boost Synopsys’ AI‑focused product roadmap.