Sassine Ghazi to steer Synopsys as CEO and Aart as Exec. Chair effective 1st Jan 24

Synopsys, a company deeply rooted in software based semiconductor design automation technologies has announeced change in CEO effective Jan. 1, 2024. Synopsys promoted it's long term employee Sassine Ghazi as president and Chief Executive Officer effective on Jan. 1, 2024 and Aart de Geus, chair and CEO will transition into the role of Executive Chair of Synopsys’ Board of Directors.
During Aart's long tenure starting from 1986, Synopsys has delivered industry's leading EDA technologies in track consistantly with semiconductor industry growth helping chip designers to jump over innumerable hurdles by leading in finding software automation solutions in every stage of chip design. This U.S. headquartered company is truly global corporation with presence in every region of semiconductor design activity. Synopsys is also known for acquiring highly capable competitors. Synopsys' tools are critical in designing today's hetergenous integrated chiplet based 3D chips. Synopsys has a large facility in my city of Bangalore. The new CEO, more than compete with other players in the industry, He has to ride the growth curve at same pace as his predecessor. Synopsys main strength is its people and its IP built over years. But the opportunity for Sassine to perform better than Aart is ample due to ...