Tom's Hardware is dedicating a week, September 28 through October 2, to exploring how AI is reshaping chip design and electronic design automation. The event includes free in-depth reporting, premium news, and interviews with OpenAI, all focused on the current state of AI in the chipmaking ecosystem.
A central theme is the rise of agentic AI in EDA. Cadence, Synopsys, and Siemens all now offer agentic AI for chip design, and notably, most of these tools are built on Nvidia's stack. While the three vendors share that common foundation, they make varying claims about how much autonomy their agents actually provide, leaving designers to weigh the differences.