Chip-design software maker Synopsys (SNPS) gave an upbeat first-quarter forecast, following a significant equity investment from Nvidia (NVDA) earlier this month. Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi joins Caroline Hyde and Ed Ludlow on "Bloomberg Tech."
Sassine Ghazi is Chief Operating Officer of Synopsys, Inc.
He received an undergraduate degree from Lebanese American University, an undergraduate degree from Georgia Institute of Technology and a graduate degree from the University of Tennessee.
Synopsys Inc. specializes in the development and marketing of software programs aimed mainly at manufacturers of semi-conductors, computers and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by activity as follows:
- sale of software and hardware (78%): sale of software for the automation of integrated circuit design, pre-designed circuits for semiconductors, software and hardware for the validation of electronic systems, etc.;
- provision of services (22%): consulting, maintenance and technical assistance services in the areas of software security, quality and compliance.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United States (43.9%), Korea (13.4%), Europe (12.6%), China (11.5%) and other (18.6%).
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