Amazon Signs $1 Billion Deal with Synopsys to Accelerate Custom Silicon Push
Amazon has signed a multi-year intellectual property agreement with Synopsys to accelerate chip design for Amazon Web Services (AWS). The deal, valued at over $1 billion, will see Amazon serve as the lead customer for Synopsys' application-optimized silicon IP.
The partnership builds on a 15-year collaboration between the two companies and supports Amazon's purpose-built chips, including Nitro for cloud security and networking, Graviton for general-purpose computing, and Trainium for AI training and inference.
Custom silicon is becoming a key differentiator for AWS. The deal will also accelerate multiphysics solutions on Trainium and Graviton and apply AI across silicon-to-system engineering workflows.
Synopsys will adopt Amazon EC2 and Amazon Bedrock for its own product development, creating a two-way commercial relationship.