Global semiconductor electronic design automation (EDA) corporations Synopsys will strengthen an integrated engineering strategy that uses artificial intelligence (AI) agents to consolidation everything from semiconductor design to verification, manufacturing, and system simulation. After acquiring simulation software corporations Ansys last year, the plan is to combine the two companies' technologies to support design and analysis of the entire system beyond the chip.
Synopsys held Synopsys Converge Korea 2026 on Oct. 8 at the Grand InterContinental Seoul Parnas. Running through Oct. 9, the event is the first in Korea to jointly host Synopsys' annual technology conference Synopsys Users Group (SNUG) and Ansys' Simulation World.
Ansys is a simulation software corporations that analyzes on computers, before actual production of cars, aircraft, and electronic devices, how heat, structures, fluids, and electromagnetics affect products. If Synopsys has strengths in EDA that designs and verifies semiconductor circuits, Ansys has strengths in physically analyzing how the designed semiconductors operate in real products and systems. Synopsys completed its acquisition of Ansys in July 2025.
Synopsys on the day emphasized an AI-driven engineering workflow based on its AgentEngineer technology. Whereas engineers previously used step-by-step EDA tools such as design and verification directly, the direction is to consolidation and automate multiple design tasks and tools through AI agents. It also introduced agentic workflows implemented in collaboration with Nvidia, AMD, and Microsoft.
Shankar Krishnamoorthy, Synopsys chief product development officer (CPDO), said of what sets its agentic AI apart from rivals, "The reason Synopsys is in a unique position is the breadth of the portfolio." Krishnamoorthy explained that Synopsys has not only EDA technologies spanning from architecture to design and verification, manufacturing, and TCAD, but, through integration with Ansys, has secured multiphysics technologies including structures, fluids, electronics, and optics. The idea is that AI agents can cover diverse design domains on a single platform.
The acquisition of Ansys is also an extension of this business expansion. As semiconductors take their place as the core of complex systems such as AI servers, cars, and robots, the need is growing to consider not only the performance of the chip itself but also the real operating environment, including heat generation, power, and structures. Synopsys aims to combine EDA with Ansys' physical simulation technologies to support everything at once from semiconductor design to finished goods systems.
Since the Ansys acquisition, the companies have also rolled out products that combine their technologies. CPDO Krishnamoorthy said, "Right after the two companies merged, we投入ed strong research and development (R&D) capabilities into joint solution development." It combined Ansys' multiphysics technologies with Synopsys' static timing analysis, physical design, and analog and 3D IC design, and expanded application areas to co-packaged optics (CPO) and photonics.
Synopsys calls this the Silicon-to-Systems strategy. The company said it will consolidation design exploration, optimization, and verification into a single flow through Multiphysics Fusion, which analyzes together different physical domains such as structural, thermal, and electromagnetic.
In its Korea business, memory remains the core, but the nonmemory field is also expanding. CPDO Krishnamoorthy said, "It is true that memory is driving significant revenue in Korea." He added that the company is working closely with Samsung Electronics' foundry on advanced processes and with System LSI on the Exynos program, and that it is collaborating in EDA and multiphysics with domestic AI Semiconductor corporations such as Rebellions and FuriosaAI. However, it did not disclose the specific revenue breakdown between memory and nonmemory.
The company also plans to expand design support in next-generation memory. CPDO Krishnamoorthy said, "In the process of LPDDR evolving from the sixth to the seventh generation, a transition to a processing-in-memory (PIM) architecture is included," adding, "Synopsys plans to fully support this transition through its LPDDR IP portfolio." PIM is a technology that places compute functions inside memory to reduce data movement. Synopsys is also participating in the relevant committee of JEDEC, the memory semiconductor standardization body.
Synopsys began its Korea business in 1992 and established a domestic R&D center in 2012. It is currently working with more than 50 universities in Korea to support more than 5,000 students annually and is supporting 72 startups through industry-academia cooperation and startup programs.