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What stands out

Cory Johnson told Schwab Network that Synopsys is "such an important company" at "such an important time," and he tied that importance to Nvidia and Synopsys’s Ansys acquisition. The clip matters because it shifts the conversation from just chips to the software and design tools that make chips useful, positioning Synopsys as a key supplier to Nvidia and other Big Tech firms. That perspective matters as media and markets debate whether challengers like Alphabet can reshuffle who benefits from the AI boom, since platform winners pull an entire supply chain with them.