Synopsys And GlobalFoundries Sign Strategic Collaboration To Launch Global University Program To Provide Chip Design-To-Tapeout Experience

Author: Benzinga Newsdesk | September 04, 2025 01:02pm

Strategic Collaboration to Deliver Practical Chip Design Experience to Prepare the Next Generation of Engineering Talent

Key Highlights 

• Launching a pilot 'chip design to tapeout' flow curriculum, enabling academic institutions with industry-aligned coursework.
• Pilot testing underway at over 40 select worldwide universities with intent to scale.
• Combination of access to Synopsys' EDA solutions and GlobalFoundries' technology solutions to provide students valuable, real-world experience.

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and MALTA, N.Y., Sept. 4, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) and GlobalFoundries (NASDAQ:GFS) (GF) announced today a new collaboration to launch an educational 'chip design to tapeout' program for universities worldwide. Aligned with both GFLabs' and Synopsys Academic & Research Alliances' (SARA) missions to advance semiconductor innovation through R&D and academic collaboration, this pilot initiative gives researchers, professors and students hands-on access to real-world chip design and manufacturing. By dramatically lowering the cost barrier to custom silicon, the program enables academic institutions to turn their design concepts into working silicon, expanding opportunities for education, research and workforce development.

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