Synopsys Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) announced March 24 its collaboration with Arm on developing the Arm AGI CPU, providing design solutions across electronic design automation, interface IP, and hardware-assisted verification.

The partnership supports the Arm AGI CPU built on Arm Neoverse CSS V3 architecture. Synopsys provided design tools including VCS, Fusion Compiler, IC Validator, PrimeTime, and RedHawk-SC for synthesis, power integrity analysis, and signoff timing verification.

"Designing data center silicon for increasingly complex AI workloads requires rigorous validation across the full system," said Mohamed Awad, executive vice president of Arm's Cloud AI Business Unit. "The Arm AGI CPU reflects the strength of our SoC design and the effectiveness of our collaboration with Synopsys."

Synopsys contributed silicon-proven interface IP solutions for subsystem development and integration. The company's ZeBu Server 5 emulation platform and HAPS prototyping systems supported pre-silicon validation and system-level verification for the CPU development.

"We congratulate Arm for delivering the AGI CPU with such ambition and precision," said Ravi Subramanian, chief product management officer at Synopsys. "We're proud that Synopsys design, IP, and advanced verification solutions played a mission-critical role in delivering this innovation."

The collaboration extends the companies' partnership in the Arm Total Design ecosystem, focusing on custom silicon development for Neoverse Compute Subsystems. The partnership aims to reduce design complexity and accelerate development timelines for data center-class computing requirements.