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OpenAI and Synopsys have signed a multi-year agreement to jointly develop GPT-Synopsys, a specialized model optimized for semiconductor design using Synopsys’s electronic design automation (EDA) tools. According to the September 30 announcement , the partnership “brings together OpenAI’s advanced AI capabilities with Synopsys’s industry-leading EDA tools and agentic AI capabilities to revolutionize the design of semiconductors.”

Engineers would delegate to agents that run the tools and execute the required processes until the work is ready for review. The companies say this would allow design teams to evaluate more options and deliver more sophisticated chips.