Synopsys showcased its AI-driven, software-defined automotive engineering solutions at CES 2026, highlighting how virtualization and intelligent simulation can significantly reduce development costs and accelerate vehicle time to market. The company demonstrated advances spanning systems-level simulation to silicon design, new partnerships to enhance safety standards, and expanded virtualization kits that allow automakers to begin software development months before silicon is available, potentially cutting development cycles by up to a year.

Source: PR Newswire, Synopsys press release, January 6, 2026.