Synopsys Expands Synopsys.ai™ Copilot to Accelerate Next-Gen Chip Design With Generative AI
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — [Date] — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced expanded Synopsys.ai™ Copilot generative AI (GenAI) capabilities across its industry-leading semiconductor design solutions. These advancements are helping engineering teams accelerate development timelines, handle increasingly complex system-on-chip (SoC) designs, and boost productivity in the face of a global talent shortage.
Synopsys has long pioneered AI in chip design, integrating reinforcement learning and GenAI into its Synopsys.ai suite to optimize performance, improve efficiency, and shorten time to market. Early-access customers leveraging the new Copilot capabilities are reporting significant gains, with design workflows reduced from days to hours — and hours to minutes.
“AI is revolutionizing every layer of chip design and fueling a wave of ingenuity to deliver the next generation of advanced SoCs,” said Sanjay Bali, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Product Management, Synopsys. “With expanded Synopsys.ai Copilot capabilities, we are enabling engineering teams to improve design quality, accelerate workflows, and unlock more opportunities for innovation.”
Expanded Generative AI Capabilities
Assistive GenAI
- Knowledge Assistant and Workflow Assistant applications are driving major productivity improvements for top Synopsys customers.
- Knowledge Assistant reduces ramp time for early-career engineers by 30%, while documentation searches and script generation now take minutes instead of hours.
- Workflow Assistant improves scripting efficiency by 2x on average, and in Synopsys PrimeTime®, script generation is 10–20x faster.
- These capabilities are now available to all Synopsys Cloud users across SaaS and BYOC deployments, including more than 100 startups currently running in production.
Creative GenAI
- New capabilities for formal assertion and RTL code generation are accelerating verification cycles from days to hours.
- A leading AI infrastructure provider reported a 35% productivity boost in verification workflows, validating 10 design components in just 10 days using automated formal testbench creation.
Extending AI Leadership to Simulation and Analysis
Following its acquisition of Ansys, Synopsys is broadening AI integration into simulation workflows:
- Ansys Engineering Copilot™: a virtual assistant that speeds onboarding and productivity across Synopsys simulation tools.
- Ansys SimAI™: now integrated with Ansys optiSLang®, combining simulation accuracy with AI speed to accelerate dataset creation, AI training, and design exploration.
Looking Ahead: AgentEngineer™ Technology
Synopsys also unveiled progress on AgentEngineer™, its next-generation agentic AI technology for semiconductor design. These systems are designed to progressively automate engineering workflows — from step-level actions (L2) to multi-agent orchestration (L3), dynamic optimization (L4), and ultimately autonomous decision-making (L5).
In collaboration with Microsoft, Synopsys recently demonstrated the first AgentEngineer prototype at DAC 2025, built on Microsoft Discovery.
“Together, we are not just optimizing existing workflows—we are introducing a new paradigm for chip design productivity,” said Aseem Datar, Corporate Vice President, Product Innovation, Microsoft. “By combining Synopsys’ deep domain expertise with Microsoft’s scale, we are redefining what’s possible for next-generation semiconductor innovation.”
