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Synopsys (SNPS) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.

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Synopsys , which makes software used to design semiconductors, on Wednesday introduced a technology it said will pave the way toward computers taking over many of the tasks in creating new computer chips.

Synopsys (SNPS) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.

Announcing Up to 30x Projected Performance Gains on the NVIDIA Grace Blackwell Platform to Speed Circuit Simulations for Next-Generation Semiconductors News Highlights: Today's GTC keynote featured Synopsys as part of the ecosystem with full-stack EDA suite acceleration across design, verification, and manufacturing on NVIDIA GPU and NVIDIA CUDA-X libraries. Leveraging the NVIDIA GB200 Grace Blackwell Superchip, Synopsys PrimeSim is projected to accelerate circuit simulation by up to 30x.1 Leveraging the NVIDIA B200 Blackwell architecture, Synopsys Proteus is projected to accelerate computational lithography simulations by up to 20x.1 NVIDIA NIM inference microservices integration driving 2x faster time-to-information with generative AI-powered Synopsys.ai Copilot.2 Optimizing more than 15 Synopsys solutions for NVIDIA Grace CPU in 2025.

Despite the near-term challenges, SNPS' strong positioning in AI-driven semiconductor design makes the stock worth holding.

Ansys and Synopsys continue to await final clearances for their merger, with China's approval likely being the most challenging sticking point. Ansys continues to deliver strong standalone performance with 11% revenue growth and 15% annual contract value growth in Q4, with robust (and growing) long-term opportunities in the CAE/simulation market. The Synopsys deal offers strategic benefits, including enhanced semiconductor design capabilities and potential revenue synergies, though cost synergies may be modestly overstated.

Two-Day Conference will Examine Future of AI and Intelligent Systems;  Join Keynotes from Synopsys CEO and OpenAI Head of Hardware Via Livestream SUNNYVALE, Calif. , March 12, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) will host its annual flagship user group conference, SNUG Silicon Valley, March 19-20, 2025, at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

Electronic Design Automation software is critical to semiconductor development, and the sector is highly concentrated and dominated by two companies. Synopsys and Cadence, beyond EDA software, provide Intellectual Property and collect licensing and royalty fees. Both companies have extraordinarily wide moats supported by high switching costs, proprietary intellectual property, and a strong network effect. I expect both to have decade-long growth runways.

Joint Solution to Drive Adoption of "Shift-Left" Software Development Methodologies with the Integration of Synopsys' Electronics Digital Twin Capabilities and Vector's Software Factory Highlights: New automated cloud-ready solutions to enable customers to dramatically accelerate software development and validation. The companies are teaming up to increase the impact of the open-source library, SIL Kit, an essential part of electronics digital twins.