Ansys works with more than 200 automotive and tech companies on their designs.
Ansys works with more than 200 automotive and tech companies on their designs.
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Ansys says simulations will close the gap with reality and make the world more sustainable

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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You may not have heard of Ansys, but it’s in the process of being acquired by chip design tool firm Synopsys for $35 billion.

That’s happening because Ansys, an engineering software company, specializes in the simulation of the world’s complex electronic systems, and the world of chip design is increasingly moving into the more complex world of system design, said Prith Banerjee, CTO of Ansys, in an interview with GamesBeat.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.