Amazon becomes lead customer in $1B-plus Synopsys silicon IP deal

Synopsys signed a multi-year agreement worth more than $1 billion, with Amazon as lead customer for its application-optimized silicon IP. The deal also covers EDA, simulation and agentic AI tools, and moves Synopsys toward a license-plus-royalty model tied to production volumes. Synopsys will also adopt AWS services, including EC2 and Bedrock, for its own product development.

• Multi-year deal valued at $1B+
• Amazon is lead customer for application-optimized silicon IP
• License-plus-royalty model; payments tied to production volumes
• Synopsys to use AWS EC2 and Bedrock for product development