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Synopsys Adds AI-Powered Application Security Assistant to Polaris Software Integrity Platform

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Tuesday, April 30, 2024

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the availability of Polaris Assist, an AI-powered application security assistant on the Synopsys Polaris Software Integrity Platform®. Polaris Assist combines powerful Large Language Model (LLM) technology with decades of Synopsys' application security knowledge and intelligence – including robust coding patterns, vulnerability detection rules, and Black Duck's vast open source knowledge base – to provide security and development teams with easy-to-understand summaries of detected vulnerabilities, AI-generated code fix recommendations, and other insights to help them build more secure software faster. 

Key Points: 
  • Polaris Assist provides AI-augmented vulnerability summaries and code fixes to boost productivity for security and development teams.
  • SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS ) today announced the availability of Polaris Assist , an AI-powered application security assistant on the Synopsys Polaris Software Integrity Platform® .
  • "Polaris Assist boosts security and developer productivity, allowing them to more easily understand and remediate security vulnerabilities in their code," said Jason Schmitt, general manager of the Synopsys Software Integrity Group.
  • Polaris Assist is now available on the Polaris platform and will be showcased May 6 - 9 at the RSA Conference in San Francisco at the Synopsys Software Integrity Group booth, #1027.

Synopsys Accelerates Next-Level Chip Innovation on TSMC Advanced Processes

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Wednesday, April 24, 2024

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced broad EDA and IP collaborations with TSMC for advanced node designs and have been deployed across a range of AI, high-performance computing, and mobile designs. Among the newest collaborations is a co-optimized Photonic IC flow, addressing the application of silicon photonics technology in the quest for better power, performance, and transistor density. Synopsys also noted the industry's confidence in its digital and analog design flows, production-ready for TSMC N3/N3P and N2 process technologies. The two companies are collaborating on next-generation AI-driven flows, including Synopsys DSO.ai™, for design productivity and optimization. In addition, Synopsys is developing a broad portfolio of Foundation and Interface IP on TSMC N2/N2P. In a related announcement today, Keysight, Synopsys, and Ansys introduced a new integrated radio frequency (RF) design migration flow from TSMC's N16 process to its N6RF+ technology.

Key Points: 
  • Synopsys also noted the industry's confidence in its digital and analog design flows, production-ready for TSMC N3/N3P and N2 process technologies.
  • In addition, Synopsys is developing a broad portfolio of Foundation and Interface IP on TSMC N2/N2P.
  • A new flow is available for TSMC N5 to N3E migration, adding to Synopsys' established flows for TSMC N4P to N3E and N3E to N2 processes.
  • Synopsys IP for advanced TSMC processes has been adopted by dozens of leading companies to accelerate their development time.

Synopsys Announces Earnings Release Date For Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2024

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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced it will report results for the second quarter fiscal year 2024 on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, after the market close.

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  • SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced it will report results for the second quarter fiscal year 2024 on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, after the market close.
  • The company will host a conference call at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time / 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time to review its financial results and business outlook.
  • A webcast replay will be available beginning May 22, 2024, at approximately 5:00 p.m. PT.
  • The replay will be available until Synopsys announces its third quarter fiscal year 2024 results in August 2024.

Synopsys Launches New Offering for Comprehensive Software Supply Chain Security

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the availability of Black Duck® Supply Chain Edition, a new software composition analysis (SCA) offering that enables organizations to mitigate upstream risk in their software supply chains. Black Duck Supply Chain Edition combines multiple open source detection technologies, automated third-party software bill of materials (SBOM) analysis, and malware detection to provide a comprehensive view of software risks inherited from open source, third-party, and AI-generated code. Development and security teams can track their dependencies across the entire application lifecycle to identify and resolve security vulnerabilities, malicious packages, and license violations and conflicts.

Key Points: 
  • SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS ) today announced the availability of Black Duck® Supply Chain Edition , a new software composition analysis (SCA) offering that enables organizations to mitigate upstream risk in their software supply chains.
  • Black Duck Supply Chain Edition combines multiple open source detection technologies, automated third-party software bill of materials (SBOM) analysis, and malware detection to provide a comprehensive view of software risks inherited from open source, third-party, and AI-generated code.
  • Supply Chain Edition builds on the market-leading capabilities of Black Duck and delivers a full range of supply chain security capabilities to teams responsible for building secure, compliant applications.
  • Black Duck Supply Chain Edition will be generally available on April 25 and showcased May 6-9 at the RSA Conference in San Francisco at the Synopsys Software Integrity Group booth, #1027.

Synopsys Expands Semiconductor IP Portfolio With Acquisition of Intrinsic ID

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

(Nasdaq: SNPS ) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Intrinsic ID, a leading provider of Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) IP used in the design of system-on-chips (SoCs).

Key Points: 
  • (Nasdaq: SNPS ) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Intrinsic ID, a leading provider of Physical Unclonable Function (PUF) IP used in the design of system-on-chips (SoCs).
  • "The acquisition of Intrinsic ID complements our extensive semiconductor IP portfolio, further helping designers create SoCs that are at the heart of today's smart and connected devices.
  • The broad Synopsys IP portfolio includes logic libraries, embedded memories, analog IP, wired and wireless interface IP, security IP, embedded processors and subsystems.
  • To accelerate IP integration and silicon bring-up, Synopsys' IP Accelerated initiative provides architecture design expertise, hardening, and signal/power integrity analysis.

Synopsys Announces New AI-Driven EDA, IP and Systems Design Solutions At SNUG Silicon Valley

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Wednesday, March 20, 2024

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) kicked off its annual flagship Synopsys User Group (SNUG) conference in Silicon Valley at the Santa Clara Convention Center with a keynote presentation by Synopsys president and CEO Sassine Ghazi. Ghazi discussed the unprecedented innovation opportunities and challenges that technology R&D teams face in this era of pervasive intelligence. He also announced new EDA and IP solutions aimed at maximizing the capabilities of the global technology engineering teams, from silicon to systems, that Synopsys serves.

Key Points: 
  • (Nasdaq: SNPS ) kicked off its annual flagship Synopsys User Group (SNUG) conference in Silicon Valley at the Santa Clara Convention Center with a keynote presentation by Synopsys president and CEO Sassine Ghazi.
  • He also announced new EDA and IP solutions aimed at maximizing the capabilities of the global technology engineering teams, from silicon to systems, that Synopsys serves.
  • The company plans to discuss its growing design IP business during this afternoon's investor meeting, which is co-located with SNUG Silicon Valley.
  • Happening March 20 and 21 in Santa Clara, Calif., SNUG Silicon Valley gathers the global Synopsys design community to discuss technology advancements, challenges, strategic collaborations, and business opportunities.

Synopsys Strengthens Polaris Software Integrity Platform with New Dynamic Security Testing Capabilities

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the availability of Synopsys fAST Dynamic, a new dynamic application security testing (DAST) offering on the Synopsys Polaris Software Integrity Platform®. fAST Dynamic enables development, security, and DevOps teams to quickly find and fix security vulnerabilities in modern web applications without impeding development velocity. fAST Dynamic features a simplified onboarding and configuration experience, smart attack execution, and an innovative analysis engine designed for DevSecOps workflows.

Key Points: 
  • Cloud-based dynamic analysis offering optimized for modern web applications, DevSecOps workflows
    SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS ) today announced the availability of Synopsys fAST Dynamic , a new dynamic application security testing (DAST) offering on the Synopsys Polaris Software Integrity Platform ®.
  • fAST Dynamic enables development, security, and DevOps teams to quickly find and fix security vulnerabilities in modern web applications without impeding development velocity.
  • Synopsys fAST Dynamic, which is built on the innovative scanning technology acquired from WhiteHat Security, complements the fAST Static and fAST SCA capabilities introduced on the Polaris platform in 2023.
  • Synopsys fAST Dynamic will be generally available on the Polaris platform in April and can be purchased as a stand-alone offering or together with fAST Static and fAST SCA.

Synopsys Showcases EDA Performance and Next-Gen Capabilities with NVIDIA Accelerated Computing, Generative AI and Omniverse

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Monday, March 18, 2024

SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Building on more than three decades of collaboration, Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced it is working with NVIDIA to substantially accelerate chip design and advance automotive prototyping using the power of AI and accelerated computing. The announcement was made at the NVIDIA GTC global AI conference.

Key Points: 
  • Synopsys Fusion Compiler™: Enables accelerated hybrid CPU/GPU performance scaling across digital placement, providing massive parallelization for compute-intensive exploration and optimization.
  • "Synopsys' EDA suite, together with NVIDIA's accelerated computing architecture, demonstrates the gains that can be achieved for these exceptionally demanding industrial workloads."
  • Synopsys will utilize the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software platform, which includes NVIDIA NeMo™ framework, and NVIDIA NIM inference and NeMo Retriever microservices deployment containers.
  • Synopsys customers will be able to deploy Synopsys.ai Copilot on air-gapped on-prem environments, leveraging the accelerated computing performance of NVIDIA DGX systems .

Synopsys Launches Industry's First Complete 1.6T Ethernet IP Solution to Meet High Bandwidth Needs of AI and Hyperscale Data Center Chips

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today delivered a dramatic increase in bandwidth and throughput for data-intensive AI workloads with the industry's first complete 1.6T Ethernet IP solution. Hyperscale data centers, a backbone in the era of pervasive intelligence, require high-bandwidth, low-latency chips and interfaces to process petabytes of data quickly. Synopsys' new 1.6T Ethernet IP solution enables design teams to create the industry's fastest chips for AI and data center networking applications.

Key Points: 
  • Synopsys' new 1.6T Ethernet IP solution enables design teams to create the industry's fastest chips for AI and data center networking applications.
  • Synopsys' comprehensive IP solution, including new 1.6T MAC and PCS Ethernet controllers, 224G Ethernet PHY IP , and verification IP, accelerates time to market for AI and HPC networking chips.
  • The complete 1.6T Ethernet IP solution optimizes hyperscale data center energy efficiency by reducing interconnect power consumption by up to 50% compared to existing SoC implementations.
  • The Synopsys 1.6T Ethernet solution, including all components – 1.6T MAC and PCS Controller IP, 224G PHY IP for advanced processes, and Verification IP for 1.6T Ethernet – are available now.

New Synopsys Report Finds 74% of Codebases Contained High-Risk Open Source Vulnerabilities, Surging 54% Since Last Year

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today released the ninth edition of the annual "Open Source Security and Risk Analysis" (OSSRA) report. The research highlights that nearly three-quarters of commercial codebases assessed for risk contain open source components impacted by high-risk vulnerabilities, representing a sharp uptick from the previous year.

Key Points: 
  • The research highlights that nearly three-quarters of commercial codebases assessed for risk contain open source components impacted by high-risk vulnerabilities, representing a sharp uptick from the previous year.
  • While codebases containing at least one open source vulnerability remained consistent year over year at 84%, significantly more codebases contained high-risk vulnerabilities in 2023.
  • The report also found that the mean age of open source vulnerabilities in the codebases was over 2.5 years old, and nearly a quarter of codebases contained vulnerabilities more than 10 years old.
  • High-risk open source vulnerabilities permeate across critical industries: The Computer Hardware and Semiconductors industry had the highest percentage of codebases with high-risk open source vulnerabilities (88%), followed closely by Manufacturing, Industrials and Robotics at 87%.