NVIDIA and Synopsys announced on Monday an expanded strategic partnership aimed at advancing AI-assisted engineering and simulation across industries ranging from semiconductors to aerospace and automotive. The collaboration will integrate NVIDIA’s accelerated computing platforms with Synopsys’ design and verification tools to reduce development time and cost for research and engineering teams.
The companies said the agreement is intended to support R&D groups facing growing workflow complexity and competitive time-to-market pressure. NVIDIA will invest US$2 billion in Synopsys common stock at a purchase price of US$414.79 per share as part of the partnership, underscoring its long-term commitment to engineering solutions powered by high-performance computing.
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The announcement highlights a shared goal of enabling faster and more comprehensive digital simulation for industrial applications. According to NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, the companies aim to transform engineering workflows by integrating AI and physics-based computing. The press release stated that “CUDA GPU-accelerated computing is revolutionizing design — enabling simulation at unprecedented speed and scale, from atoms to transistors, from chips to complete systems, creating fully functional digital twins inside the computer.”
Synopsys said the collaboration aligns with increasing demand for tools that can design and validate intelligent systems from the component level to full system architecture. CEO Sassine Ghazi described AI-driven design environments as essential for next-generation manufacturing and engineering, and emphasized deeper convergence between electronics and physics within simulation platforms.
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The multi-year partnership will include several new development tracks: expanding GPU acceleration for Synopsys applications, enabling agentic AI workflows for chip and system design, advancing digital-twin simulation across industries, and delivering cloud-accessible versions of combined computing and engineering tools. The companies also plan joint go-to-market initiatives to promote adoption among global engineering teams.
NVIDIA and Synopsys said the partnership is not exclusive, and that both firms will continue to collaborate within the wider semiconductor and electronic design automation ecosystem. No timeline was provided for the first commercial products resulting from the expanded agreement.
Source: PR Newswire