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Subject: Sassine & Shankar yoink Amit Gupta from Siemens EDA to run Shankar's SNPS AI R&D
100 HR WORK WEEK SHANKAR: Rumor was right after DAC'26 in Long Beach, Synopsys had an
internal reorg where all 1,000 Synopsys central AI R&D folks were unified under one
umbrella with Shankar Krishnamoorthy, Chief of Product Development of SNPS, as the head
of that AI R&D division.
My first reaction was: "It's good that they're focusing on AI. But... it's NOT good
that Shankar was installed as the Head of their AI division. Shankar already has waaay
too many direct reports as the Chief of ALL R&D -- being the Head of AI will spread
Shankar's time (and mindshare) across too many tasks. (Bad idea!)
What I did NOT know was Shankar would be Head of All SNPS AI for only 1 month...
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TRIPLE YOINKINGS TO THE RESCUE: Long story short, sources tell me Sassine and Shankar
have yoinked Amit Gupta, along with Jeff Dyck, and Ryan Silk -- the Top 3 AI leaders of
Solido and Siemens EDA AI fame away from Siemens EDA... Amit will now run Shankar's
1,000-engineer SNPS AI division.
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Amit's big 2017 AI reveal -- after being in AI stealth mode since 2005
In 2017, Amit launched Solido's AI tool for machine learning characterization. And the
engineers at DAC'17 gave it a thumbs up, making it #2 on Best of DAC 2017.
Solido machine learning, BDA Ravi, Tom Beckley SSS makes #2 for Best of 2017
The big gotcha is that Amit had already been doing AI for Solido Variation Designer
for 12 years back then -- ever since he founded Solido in 2005. Apparently, it took
him until 2017 to decide that the AI/machine learning buzzwords were 'cool' enough
to publically admit to doing.
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FIRST TIME AROUND....
It's on the DAC 2017 Troublemaker panel when Amit first talked about Solido AI.
The live DAC'17 Troublemakers Panel
And 5 months after that DAC 2017 panel, Siemens EDA acquired Solido.
And the very next year (2018), Siemens/Solido machine learning is #1 for Best of 2018.
User buzz on Siemens/Solido machine learning is #1 for Best of 2018
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AMIT BARKS ABOUT SIEMENS EDA'S 81 AGENTIC AI ENGAGEMENTS
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF: Why Sassine and Skankar hired Amit to run the SNPS AI division
was seen last month at the Long Beach DAC'26 Troublemaker Panel where Amit barked on
stage in detail about Siemens EDA having 81 agentic AI engagements.
Because he was running AI strategy and the Fuse AI platform for all of Siemens EDA, he
covered all their agentic AI achievements (as of mid-July 2026) starting with:
1. Siemens Level 5 Fuse AI partnership with Nvidia -- spanning MCP tool interfaces,
optimized skill agents, and domain-specific AI agents.
2. Questa One -- AI agents for RTL coding, verification planning, and debug
for 50x faster coverage, 8x faster gate-level DFT serial pattern simulation,
48x faster fault simulation. MediaTek, Microsoft, ARM
3. Aprisa -- AI agents for 10x PnR productivity boost. 3x improved compute
time efficiency. 10x better PPA. MaxLinear, Samsung, Infineon
4. Calibre Vision AI -- AI agents for full DRC checking. DRC time reduced by 50%.
Samsung, AMD
5. Innovator 3D IC -- predictive multi-physics AI agents for PPA and cost models.
25% to 75% improved productivity. Intel, Micron, Samsung
6. Veloce AI -- AI agent for 50% optimized compile time, 50% reduced compile
resources, 20% better emulation time. Marvell
7. Solido Library Characterization AI -- an AI agent for 10x improved productivity
and 10x token efficiency. Nvidia
Amit added that Siemens EDA combines GPU-accelerated tools, RL/ML to speed-up the engines,
in-tool agentic AI, and across-tool agentic AI.
And just 4 weeks after that DAC'26 Panel where Amit was bragging on stage in detail about
Siemens EDA AI tool successes, Amit gets acquired yet again!
"History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes."
- Mark Twain, American humorist (1835 - 1910)
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