Synopsys Expands in India with AI Chip Design and Foundry Push

Synopsys is expanding its presence in India, making an aggressive play on AI-driven chip design and manufacturing while the nation sharpens its semiconductor focus. In a major step, the company is working with Tata Electronics on the coming Dholera chip fab, which is envisioned to be the world's first AI-native semiconductor foundry.

The facility will use AI for advanced process control, defect detection, and production scheduling, pushing the boundaries of fabrication efficiency. Central to this expansion is the Synopsys collaboration with Microsoft to redefine electronic design automation (EDA) by employing agentic AI.

With a growing talent base of over 6,000 engineers in Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Noida to implement this work with two of the most trusted brands in tech, Synopsys and Microsoft, are developing AI agents capable of autonomously executing complex chip design workflows. The plans build off previous success such as Synopsys.ai on Azure and Microsoft's Discovery platform.

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In addition to supporting large-scale initiatives, Synopsys is also enabling India's innovation ecosystem. Startups, such as Calligo Tech and Mindgrove, are benefiting from flexible, cloud-enabled access to EDA tools.  Academic cooperation with institutions, including IIT Bombay and IIT Kerala, will provide the next generation of semiconductor industry professionals.

With India contributing nearly a quarter of the global semiconductor workforce, Synopsys views the region as critical to its future growth. Its recent acquisition of Ansys boosts its total addressable market to $30 billion. As India’s semiconductor electronics sector is expected to nearly double to $103.4 billion by 2030, Synopsys is positioning itself at the forefront of this transformation.