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Synopsys and Industry Technologists to Present Safety-Related Innovative Solutions for Modern-Era Vehicles

Panel Topics Include Challenges, Ecosystem Enablement, and ISO 26262 Compliance for Automotive Designs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 18, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced it is hosting an automotive-based luncheon panel on how “Automotive Drives the Next Generation of Designs” at the 2018 Design Automation Conference (DAC) event on Tuesday, June 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Golden Gate Ballroom located on Level B2 of the Marriott Marquis Hotel in San Francisco.

The panel will bring together prominent industry leaders from NSI-TEXE, NVIDIA, Panasonic, and TSMC representing the perspectives of IP development, end-user design, and foundry enablement for safety-related automotive designs. The panelists will discuss their automotive design challenges, innovative solutions, and how tools from the Synopsys Design Platform enabled their functional safety success. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Burkhard Huhnke, vice president of Automotive Strategy at Synopsys. Prior to joining Synopsys earlier this year, Dr. Hunke was a senior vice president of Product Innovation and E-Mobility at Volkswagen.

About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the Silicon to Software partner for innovative companies developing the electronic products and software applications we rely on every day. As the world’s 15th largest software company, Synopsys has a long history of being a global leader in electronic design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP and is also growing its leadership in software security and quality solutions. Whether you’re a system-on-chip (SoC) designer creating advanced semiconductors, or a software developer writing applications that require the highest security and quality, Synopsys has the solutions needed to deliver innovative, high-quality, secure products. Learn more at www.synopsys.com.

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