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Do you work for a novel chip design startup or a small/medium-sized business that is considering moving its chip development to the cloud? In this article, we provide a cloud computing overview to help you decide whether the cloud is right for you.
Cloud computing refers to the on-demand availability of computing resources through the internet, providing scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities.
The cloud allows you to lower your operating costs, run your infrastructure more efficiently, and scale resources as your business-needs change.
There are three main cloud deployment types you can use for chip design and verification:
There are three main cloud service types you can use for chip design:
Other cloud services not used as frequently as SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS include:
There are many advantages to cloud computing, such as speed, efficiency, and dynamic scaling. Here is a brief overview of the main cloud computing benefits:
1. Scalability
With cloud computing, you can scale your business elastically. Scalability allows you to deliver the right amount of IT resources, such as computing power, storage, and bandwidth, right when you need them from the correct location.
2. Cost Savings
With cloud computing, you won't need to buy hardware and software. You won’t need to set up and run on-site data centers, either, lowering the cost of server racks, electricity for power and cooling, and IT experts.
3. Speed
You will be able to execute faster and deliver more value to your customers with cloud computing. With the help of cloud infrastructure, you can quickly set up virtual machines in the cloud. You can also experiment with ideas and automate the stages of testing and deployment.
4. Performance
Most cloud computing services reside in secure data centers worldwide. These centers are continually upgrading with faster and more efficient hardware. Compared to a single corporate data center, cloud computing offers several performance advantages, such as reduced network latency and economies of scale.
5. Reliability
Because data can be replicated at multiple redundant sites on the cloud provider's network, you can back up your data and recover from disaster more efficiently and cost-effectively when you rely on the cloud.
6. Security
Cloud providers have policies, technologies, and controls in place to strengthen your security posture, helping you protect your data, apps, and infrastructure. In addition, private hosting provides a firewalled infrastructure for increased security.
With the cloud, you can scale chip design and verification capabilities on demand in a secure environment, no matter the size of your business. Not only can you take advantage of the most advanced computing and storage resources, but you can also reduce or eliminate your system maintenance costs. Plus, flexible usage models allow you to handle the bursts of peak usage that often occur in the chip design process.
Synopsys is the industry’s largest provider of electronic design automation (EDA) technology used in the design and verification of semiconductor devices, or chips. With Synopsys Cloud, we’re taking EDA to new heights, combining the availability of advanced compute and storage infrastructure with unlimited access to EDA software licenses on-demand so you can focus on what you do best – designing chips, faster. Delivering cloud-native EDA tools and pre-optimized hardware platforms, an extremely flexible business model, and a modern customer experience, Synopsys has reimagined the future of chip design on the cloud, without disrupting proven workflows.
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Vikram Bhatia is head of cloud product management and GTM strategy at Synopsys. He's responsible for building the industry's first completely browser-based EDA-as-a-Service platform, Synopsys Cloud. He has over 25 years of experience in product strategy, and prior to joining Synopsys, he served in a variety of leadership roles at companies including NetApp, Oracle, HP and Microsoft. Over the last decade, Vikram has exclusively focused on transforming traditional on-premises business models to cloud based SaaS offerings though product management, go-to-market strategy, partnerships, and sales transformation initiatives. Vikram has a Bachelor of Technology degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, and graduate degrees from the Colorado School of Mines and the Indian School of Business.