Synopsys and Amazon Expand Partnership Around Custom Silicon and AI Design

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Synopsys and Amazon signed a multi-year agreement expanding custom silicon IP, EDA, simulation, and agentic AI cooperation for AWS hardware.

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Synopsys and Amazon have expanded a partnership that will support Amazon's custom-chip roadmap for AWS. The multi-year agreement broadens Amazon's access to Synopsys silicon IP and engineering software while extending a collaboration that has already lasted more than 15 years.

Amazon's existing chip families include Nitro for cloud infrastructure, Graviton for general computing, and Trainium for AI training and inference. Under the expanded arrangement, the companies will work on application-specific IP, electronic design automation, simulation, and AI-assisted engineering workflows. Synopsys will also use Amazon EC2, cloud storage, and Bedrock services as it develops and scales its own tools. The deal shows how cloud providers are increasingly combining internal silicon teams with outside design platforms instead of relying solely on off-the-shelf accelerators.

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