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Can Synopsys' AI-Focused Design IP Strategy Drive Growth?
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Key Takeaways
Synopsys' Design IP revenues rose 12% sequentially to $454.2 million in fiscal Q2 2026.
PCIe 7.0 IP posted a greater-than-90% win rate and secured 18 new licenses in the quarter.
SNPS is focusing resources on AI-driven demand and hyperscaler customization for high-value IP opportunities.
Synopsys’ (SNPS - Free Report) Design IP business provides a broad portfolio of semiconductor intellectual property, including logic libraries, embedded memories, wired interface IP, memory interface IP, security IP and embedded processors, increasing customer productivity and reducing design risk.
Synopsys holds a leading position in interface and foundation IP. The business is increasingly focused on areas that benefit from AI-driven semiconductor complexity. Synopsys said demand for high-speed interconnect IP is accelerating because of AI’s massive data requirements.
In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, SNPS’ PCIe 7.0 IP achieved a win rate exceeding 90% and secured 18 new licenses. The company also secured additional UCIe design wins, completed a 64G tapeout on a 2nm process and surpassed 150 lifetime UCIe wins. In memory IP, Synopsys reported design wins across hyperscalers, AI startups and leading semiconductor companies and delivered an HBM4 IP test chip.
Design IP generated $454.2 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, accounting for 20% of the company’s revenue. Revenues increased 12% sequentially, while adjusted operating margin was 24.4%. Management expects muted IP growth for fiscal 2026 but believes the segment has begun recovering.
Its strategy is to focus resources on the highest-value opportunities aligned with AI demand and hyperscaler customization, with deeper customer collaboration and customized IP solutions.
How Competitors Fare Against SNPS
Synopsys operates in a highly competitive market, with major rivals including Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS - Free Report) and Keysight Technologies (KEYS - Free Report) . These companies serve different stages of the electronic and IC design lifecycle, offering specialized tools and solutions that help customers improve product development, design efficiency and testing.
Keysight Technologies competes primarily in electronic design, measurement and testing, with software and solutions covering areas such as electromagnetic analysis, circuit simulation and hardware verification. Meanwhile, Cadence Design Systems is benefiting from rising design complexity and growing customer investments in AI-powered automation.
Cadence is also strengthening its position through its expanding Cadence.ai portfolio. New offerings, including AgentStack, ChipStack, ViraStack and InnoStack AI Super Agents, are broadening the company’s AI capabilities across the design workflow and could help Cadence maintain its momentum as AI adoption accelerates.
SNPS’ Price Performance, Valuation and Estimates
Shares of SNPS have lost 15.7% year to date compared with the Computer - Software industry’s decline of 6%.
SNPS YTD Performance Chart
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From a valuation standpoint, SNPS trades at a forward price-to-sales ratio of 7.32X, lower than the industry’s average of 11.08X.
SNPS Forward 12-Month (P/S) Valuation Chart
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The Zacks Consensus Estimate for SNPS’ fiscal 2026 earnings is pegged at $14.80, indicating 14.6% year-over-year growth. Estimates have remained unchanged for the past 30 days.
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Can Synopsys' AI-Focused Design IP Strategy Drive Growth?
Key Takeaways
Synopsys’ (SNPS - Free Report) Design IP business provides a broad portfolio of semiconductor intellectual property, including logic libraries, embedded memories, wired interface IP, memory interface IP, security IP and embedded processors, increasing customer productivity and reducing design risk.
Synopsys holds a leading position in interface and foundation IP. The business is increasingly focused on areas that benefit from AI-driven semiconductor complexity. Synopsys said demand for high-speed interconnect IP is accelerating because of AI’s massive data requirements.
In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, SNPS’ PCIe 7.0 IP achieved a win rate exceeding 90% and secured 18 new licenses. The company also secured additional UCIe design wins, completed a 64G tapeout on a 2nm process and surpassed 150 lifetime UCIe wins. In memory IP, Synopsys reported design wins across hyperscalers, AI startups and leading semiconductor companies and delivered an HBM4 IP test chip.
Design IP generated $454.2 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, accounting for 20% of the company’s revenue. Revenues increased 12% sequentially, while adjusted operating margin was 24.4%. Management expects muted IP growth for fiscal 2026 but believes the segment has begun recovering.
Its strategy is to focus resources on the highest-value opportunities aligned with AI demand and hyperscaler customization, with deeper customer collaboration and customized IP solutions.
How Competitors Fare Against SNPS
Synopsys operates in a highly competitive market, with major rivals including Cadence Design Systems Inc. (CDNS - Free Report) and Keysight Technologies (KEYS - Free Report) . These companies serve different stages of the electronic and IC design lifecycle, offering specialized tools and solutions that help customers improve product development, design efficiency and testing.
Keysight Technologies competes primarily in electronic design, measurement and testing, with software and solutions covering areas such as electromagnetic analysis, circuit simulation and hardware verification. Meanwhile, Cadence Design Systems is benefiting from rising design complexity and growing customer investments in AI-powered automation.
Cadence is also strengthening its position through its expanding Cadence.ai portfolio. New offerings, including AgentStack, ChipStack, ViraStack and InnoStack AI Super Agents, are broadening the company’s AI capabilities across the design workflow and could help Cadence maintain its momentum as AI adoption accelerates.
SNPS’ Price Performance, Valuation and Estimates
Shares of SNPS have lost 15.7% year to date compared with the Computer - Software industry’s decline of 6%.
SNPS YTD Performance Chart
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
From a valuation standpoint, SNPS trades at a forward price-to-sales ratio of 7.32X, lower than the industry’s average of 11.08X.
SNPS Forward 12-Month (P/S) Valuation Chart
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for SNPS’ fiscal 2026 earnings is pegged at $14.80, indicating 14.6% year-over-year growth. Estimates have remained unchanged for the past 30 days.
Image Source: Zacks Investment Research
SNPS currently carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.