Synopsys Cloud 7.x, released in November 2024, expands the existing license automation capabilities and compute environment to make it even easier for you to manage your EDA licenses and design environment.

Release 7.x includes:

• Design Enablement Central (DEC): An enterprise-level extension to the Synopsys Cloud portal enables license and budget allocation to divisions or entities
• License Analytics: New charts provide actionable data on license usage and denials to guide future purchasing decisions
• License Governance: Convenient access via API and portal to activate FlexLM options files and retrieve logs and reports
• Compute Infrastructure: Expanded storage, compute and other infrastructure options to configure a customized chip design environment suited for your needs
• Synopsys IP: Manage access to your Synopsys IP from within the Synopsys Cloud portal 

Synopsys Cloud 6.x, released in March 2024, amplifies your chip design capabilities by blending the power of cloud-native EDA tools with pre-optimized compute resources. Access unlimited EDA software licenses by the minute through the novel FlexEDA business model and pay for only what you use in real time. With the addition of advanced features such as complete license management automation, enhanced analytics, and the availability of multi-vendor flows, the platform empowers you to design higher quality chips, faster. Dive into an optimized ecosystem without disrupting your established EDA flows, and let Synopsys Cloud redefine your design horizon.

Release 6.x includes:

• Hybrid Cloud: Synopsys Cloud can split a job between cloud and on-prem compute resources based on available capacity, and the jobs run simultaneously. All of the data generated by the job is synchronized in real-time between the cloud and on-prem, so there is no need to manually transfer data.
• End-to-End License Management Automation: Eliminate license management bottlenecks and overhead by leveraging Synopsys Cloud license management service for on-premise, SaaS or BYOC from any public cloud with in-app license purchase, instant activation, availability and unlimited scalability. 
• SOC 2® Type 2 Certification: Demonstrates Synopsys Cloud's adherence to critical security standards that safeguard your data against unauthorized access, by following trusted industry principles of security, availability, processing integrity, and confidentiality.
• Enhanced User Experience with Portal 2.0: A complete portal UI refresh with a scalable and modular backend engine and front end-support for cutting edge features including granular budget governance, dynamic scaling of compute clusters, heterogenous compute clusters for full flow automation, and detailed usage analytics at tool, user or infrastructure level.
• ChipSpot: Save on high performance compute costs by running high-memory EDA workloads on spot instances using a unique AI based solution for implementation, timing analysis, verification, functional simulation, and more, with 99.5% reliability at up to 75% lower cost. Download the ChipSpot datasheet. 
• Enhanced Scheduler Support: Leverage LSF, UGE or Slurm across multiple deployment options, depending on your needs.