Synopsys SNUG Silicon Valley 2025

Synopsys president and CEO Sassine Ghazi will kick off the event with a keynote presentation exploring opportunities to address current and future engineering challenges in the era of pervasive intelligence. Ghazi's keynote will feature a special, virtual appearance from Microsoft chairman and CEO Satya Nadella. Synopsys plans to livestream the keynote presentations.

Synopsys CEO keynote (19^th March)

• 9:15am PT: Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi, with a virtual guest appearance by Microsoft Chairman and CEO Satya Nadella, will discuss ‘Re-engineering Engineering’.
• To register and watch the keynote livestream, go to: https://www.synopsys.com/community/snug/snug-news.html   

• Arm CEO, Rene Haas and Synopsys CEO, Sassine Ghazi Fireside Chat (19^th March)
• 12:20pm PT: During the day one agenda, Arm CEO Rene Haas will join Sassine Ghazi for a conversation on ‘Sustainable Computing: Silicon-to-Systems’.

This is an in-person only session and space is limited.

Open AI keynote (20^th March)

• 9:30am PT: OpenAI's Head of Hardware, Richard Ho, will deliver a keynote presentation, ‘Scaling Computing for the Age of Intelligence’, and discuss how scaling compute powered ChatGPT's success and the challenges AI faces moving forward.
• To register and watch the keynote livestream, go to: https://www.synopsys.com/community/snug/snug-news.html   

SNUG Silicon Valley brings together Synopsys users and technical experts to share insights and best practices in chip and system design. With over 100 sessions, the event features presentations from Synopsys customers and sponsors – including AWS, GlobalFoundries, Microsoft, Samsung, and TSMC – covering key topics such as AI, 3D design and packaging, and software-defined systems.

Co-located this year with SNUG Silicon Valley on 19^th March, Synopsys Executive Forum will offer invaluable insights and foster collaboration among industry pioneers. The one-day, invite-only event will gather technology business leaders for enlightening discussions  about the convergence of silicon and systems design to address engineering challenges driven by increased technology development complexity, pace, and cost. Participants include leaders from AMD, Ansys, Arm, Astera Labs, AWS, Broadcom, IBM, Intel, Marvell, Mercedes-Benz R&D North America, Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, QoLab, Samsung, SK hynix, TSMC, and University of Waterloo.