https://www.scmp.com/rss/521861/feed Synopsys: A leading American company in the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) software sector, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Synopsys specialises in providing chip design software, intellectual property (IP), and software security solutions. They primarily serve semiconductor and electronics systems companies globally, enabling the design and testing of integrated circuits for diverse applications like AI and automotive. Synopsys holds a dominant 38% share of the global EDA market and... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Coco Feng Coco Feng Enterprises across China’s semiconductor industry recorded hefty profit growth last year, according to their unaudited financial results, driven by the country’s artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout and Beijing’s push for tech self-reliance. Graphics processing unit (GPU) designer Cambricon Technologies on Friday reported a net profit of 2.2 billion yuan (US$316 million) in 2025, its first profitable year, on the back of “the continuous rise in computing power demand within the AI... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3341834/chinas-semiconductor-firms-post-hefty-2025-profits-amid-ai-boom-tech-self-reliance-drive?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3341834/chinas-semiconductor-firms-post-hefty-2025-profits-amid-ai-boom-tech-self-reliance-drive?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 31 Jan 2026 06:00:19 +0000 Reuters Reuters Nvidia has invested US$2 billion in chip design software maker Synopsys as part of an expanded multi-year tie-up to jointly develop new tools for designing products across industries using its AI technology. The deal, unveiled by the companies on Monday, comes as Nvidia has carried out a range of investments, such as those in OpenAI and Anthropic, to try to cement its dominance in the artificial intelligence market. The Synopsys deal is about shifting the work of several hi-tech industries that... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3334842/nvidia-takes-us2-billion-stake-synopsys-ai-deal-spree-accelerates?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3334842/nvidia-takes-us2-billion-stake-synopsys-ai-deal-spree-accelerates?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 02 Dec 2025 03:23:37 +0000 Wency Chen Wency Chen A subsidiary of SiCarrier – a semiconductor equipment maker backed by the Shenzhen municipal government and works with Huawei Technologies – has released proprietary electronic design automation (EDA) software, bolstering China’s broader push towards technology self-reliance. Qiyunfang, the SiCarrier unit, on Wednesday launched two EDA products – one for schematic capture and another for printed circuit board (PCB) design – at the three-day WeSemiBay Semiconductor Ecosystem Expo 2025 in Shenzhen... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3329100/huawei-supplier-sicarriers-unit-launches-eda-software-lifting-chinas-tech-self-reliance?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-trends/article/3329100/huawei-supplier-sicarriers-unit-launches-eda-software-lifting-chinas-tech-self-reliance?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 15 Oct 2025 08:00:38 +0000 Reuters Reuters The computing chips that power artificial intelligence consume a lot of electricity. On Wednesday, the world’s biggest manufacturer of those chips showed off a new strategy to make them more energy efficient: using AI-powered software to design them. At a conference in Silicon Valley, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the contract manufacturer that fabricates chips for Nvidia, showed off a range of ways that it was hoping to boost the energy efficiency of AI computing chips by... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3326772/tsmc-unveils-ai-designed-chips-cut-energy-use?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3326772/tsmc-unveils-ai-designed-chips-cut-energy-use?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 25 Sep 2025 04:32:02 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg Shares of chip-design software maker Synopsys plummeted in extended trading after warning that US export restrictions are contributing to a slowdown in China, the largest market for semiconductors. As part of the company’s quarterly report on Tuesday, CEO Sassine Ghazi said that a push to develop its own intellectual property (IP) was not achieving the desired results – partly because of the challenges in China. Ghazi said he would be refocusing resources on other areas and was reducing the... https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3324964/tech-war-us-chip-designer-synopsys-tumbles-export-curbs-hit-chinese-sales?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/tech-war/article/3324964/tech-war-us-chip-designer-synopsys-tumbles-export-curbs-hit-chinese-sales?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 10 Sep 2025 01:58:41 +0000 Coco Feng Coco Feng China’s top semiconductor design software developer Empyrean Technology said it has made breakthroughs in design tools for memory chips and panel displays, as part of its long-term goal to “fully replace foreign products” amid the ongoing US-China tech war. For memory chip design, Empyrean added a “clone group” function to the layout editor, which helps “quickly and accurately complete the layout design of identical units” as memory devices contain arrays of storage modules, according to a... https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3322366/tech-war-chinese-eda-leader-empyrean-announces-breakthroughs-chip-design-software?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/article/3322366/tech-war-chinese-eda-leader-empyrean-announces-breakthroughs-chip-design-software?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 19 Aug 2025 10:00:13 +0000 Xinmei Shen,Coco Feng Xinmei Shen,Coco Feng China’s antitrust regulator on Monday approved American chip design software giant Synopsys’ US$35 billion acquisition of Ansys, weeks after the administration of US President Donald Trump lifted export controls on electronic design automation (EDA) products to the mainland. In a statement, the State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said it gave the green light to Synopsys’ deal for Ansys, a computer-aided engineering software vendor, under the condition that the two firms honour... https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3318140/tech-war-china-approves-synopsys-acquisition-ansys-after-us-lifts-eda-ban?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3318140/tech-war-china-approves-synopsys-acquisition-ansys-after-us-lifts-eda-ban?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 14 Jul 2025 08:52:24 +0000