- Headquarters
- Sunnyvale, United States · North America
- Value chain
- Design & engineering software(Tools); also Design
- What that means
- Sells the software that designs and simulates: EDA, CAD and CAE, simulation and lab software.
- Founded
- 1986
- Staff
- 20,000 (2024)
- Ownership
- Listed
- Listing
- Nasdaq:SNPS on Google Finance
- Website
- synopsys.com
- Relevance
- Very high at its strongest, in Semiconductor Design & EDA
Sunnyvale, United StatesIn 2 capabilities
Each capability the company is listed in, most relevant first: how experts in the field see its global relevance there, why it is listed and the source.
- Semiconductor Design & EDAVery high
Semiconductors & Advanced Computing · Software & services · listed #1 of 50
Largest EDA and semiconductor IP vendor, covering synthesis, verification and the leading interface IP; it absorbed Ansys simulation in 2025.
Relevance: Largest EDA and IP vendor; sets the design-tool frontier
- Post-Quantum CryptographyModerate
Quantum Technologies · Design · listed #20 of 50
Synopsys licenses PQC-capable security IP (agile PQC public-key accelerators, hardware secure modules) that chip designers build into SoCs.
Relevance: PQC security IP used in chips