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Synopsys Achieves Certification of its AI-driven Digital and Analog Flows and IP on Samsung Advanced SF2 GAA Process

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Production-Ready Design Flows, Multi-Die Solution, and Synopsys IP Deliver a Proven Path to Unparalleled Power and Performance for AI and HPC Designs

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Test chip tapeouts validate product readiness of certified digital and analog design flows for Samsung Foundry SF2/SF2Z processCollaboration on design techniques for SF2, including backside power and nanosheet optimization delivers more efficient power distributionSynopsys IP, now available and silicon proven on Samsung SF2, reduces integration risk and accelerates silicon successQualified multi-die design reference flow and UCIe IP for SF2 process accelerates 2.5D/3D heterogeneous integrationExpanded collaboration on Synopsys.ai includes Synopsys ASO.ai for accelerated analog design migration with new analog design migration reference flow for Samsung’s GAA processes

SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced that its AI-driven digital design and analog design flows have achieved certification on Samsung Foundry’s SF2 process with multiple test chip tapeouts. The reference flows, powered by the Synopsys.ai™ full-stack EDA suite, enhance PPA, boost productivity, and accelerate analog design migration for Samsung Foundry’s latest Gate-All-Around (GAA) process technologies. The Samsung SF2 process was optimized using Synopsys’ AI-driven design technology co-optimization (DTCO) solution which delivered significantly superior performance, power, and area (PPA) for the process compared to optimization without the use of AI. Building on this success, the same co-optimization techniques will be applied for Samsung’s advanced SF1.4 process.

“The demand for custom SoCs in the era of pervasive intelligence requires extensive ecosystem collaboration to help customers accelerate their innovation and silicon success on Samsung’s SF2 and next-generation SF1.4 processes,” said Sanjay Bali, vice president of product management and strategy for the EDA Group at Synopsys. “Achieving certification and multiple successful tapeouts of our digital and analog flows, powered by Synopsys.ai, on the SF2 process, combined with proven Synopsys IP provides designers with a trusted path to meeting their aggressive design goals for a faster time to market.”

“Synopsys and Samsung have worked closely for decades to help our mutual customers achieve their most complex design requirements,” said Sangyun Kim, Vice President and head of Foundry Design Technology Team at Samsung Electronics. “This latest collaboration milestone with Synopsys on AI-driven EDA flows and broad IP portfolio development is a testament to our ongoing efforts to address the industry’s growing demand for high performance computing with significant PPA gains. Working together we validated our PPA results using Synopsys’ certified digital flow, achieving 12% higher performance, 25% reduction in power, and 5% area reduction compared to the base design.”

Collaboration on AI-driven EDA Flows
Synopsys and Samsung are closely collaborating on AI-driven flows, including Synopsys DSO.ai™ for design productivity and PPA optimization, and Synopsys ASO.ai™ for faster analog design migration. This collaboration has resulted in a new analog design migration reference flow using Synopsys ASO.ai for Samsung’s FinFET to GAA processes, enabling designers to efficiently migrate Samsung 8nm analog IPs to SF2 process, adding to Synopsys‘ established flows on Samsung’s 14nm to 8nm/SF5 processes.

New Design Techniques and Methodology for Advanced GAA Processes
Synopsys‘ continued innovation helps mutual customers benefit from new design techniques including backside routing, local layout effect-aware methodology, and nanosheet cell design, to help customers meet their design goals for power, performance, and area on Samsung SF2 process family. In addition, integrating backside routing and the super-cell approach using Synopsys‘ digital implementation and signoff tools enables designers to increase transistor performance efficiency and density, optimize power consumption, and reduce area by up to 20% for Samsung’s SF2Z process technology compared to chips without backside routing capabilities. 

Accelerate SoC and Multi-Die Designs
Synopsys IP for Samsung standard and automotive processes from SF2 to SF14LPU delivers a competitive edge for chipmakers looking to reduce integration risk and accelerate time to silicon success for automotive, mobile, high-performance computing (HPC) and multi-die designs. The industry’s broadest portfolio of standards-compliant, silicon-proven interface IP for advanced Samsung processes, including PCIe 6.0/5.0/4.0, DDR5, LPDDR5X/5/4X, MIPI M-PHY G5, eUSB2, USB 3.2/3.1, and DisplayPort enables wide interoperability for commonly used protocols. To accelerate integration of chiplets in multi-die packages, Synopsys UCIe IP has taped out in SF2 and SF4x, and achieved silicon success in SF5A process technologies, to deliver robust die-to-die connectivity with low power and low latency. Synopsys Foundation IP, including embedded memories, logic libraries and GPIOs, is also proven in silicon to deliver leading power, performance, and area in a range of Samsung process technologies.  

Mutual customers can accelerate the development of multi-die designs using Synopsys 3DIC Compiler, a unified exploration-to-signoff platform for 2.5D and 3D heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging. Qualified for Samsung Foundry’s SF2 process, Synopsys 3DIC Compiler supports Samsung’s advanced silicon processes, packaging technologies, and 3DCODE standard. Synopsys is an active member of the Samsung Foundries’ MDI Alliance, helping mutual customers achieve a successful transition to 2.5D and 3D advanced packaging designs.

About Synopsys
Catalyzing the era of pervasive intelligence, Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) delivers trusted and comprehensive silicon to systems design solutions, from electronic design automation to silicon IP and system verification and validation. We partner closely with semiconductor and systems customers across a wide range of industries to maximize their R&D capability and productivity, powering innovation today that ignites the ingenuity of tomorrow.  Learn more at www.synopsys.com.

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Kelli Wheeler 
Synopsys, Inc. 
(650) 584-5000
kelliw@synopsys.com
corp-pr@synopsys.com 

 

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eSign.AI Named Sole Electronic Signature Technology Provider for Hong Kong Government’s CorpID Project, Building the Foundation for Digital Signing Infrastructure in Hong Kong

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HONG KONG, May 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As Hong Kong’s Digital Corporate Identity Platform (CorpID) counts down to its phased launch, eSign.AI has been appointed as the sole electronic signature vendor in the project, responsible for delivering core digital signing capabilities including digital signatures, certificate management, and signature verification services. CorpID is led by Nexify, a seasoned government systems integrator, as the prime contractor. The platform is expected to launch in phases starting late 2026, with multiple CorpID-based e-government services going live in mid-2027.

CorpID: Government-Grade Digital Identity Infrastructure for Hong Kong Enterprises

The Digital Corporate Identity Platform (CorpID) is an enterprise-level digital services platform launched by the Hong Kong SAR Government, developed under the oversight of the Digital Policy Office (DPO). It is designed to serve as the business equivalent of “iAM Smart,” providing a unified digital identity foundation for Hong Kong enterprises. CorpID’s core mission is to build an integrated digital government infrastructure — offering unified identity authentication, digital signing, form pre-filling, and e-licence storage — replacing paper-heavy, cumbersome traditional processes and enabling smart city development through seamless data connectivity.

The platform is open to companies incorporated under the Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622) and businesses registered under the Business Registration Ordinance (Cap. 310), including sole proprietorships and partnerships. The DPO requires all enterprise-related e-government services to support CorpID within 18 months of launch, and will continue expanding ecosystem coverage through sandbox initiatives, cross-industry identity standard interoperability, and fully online registration processes.

eSign.AI: The Digital Signing Engine Behind CorpID

eSign.AI is an AI-native electronic signature and contract automation platform built for enterprises worldwide, offering a complete signing framework from simple electronic signatures to the highest-level compliant digital signatures — meeting diverse regulatory requirements across industries and jurisdictions.

On the identity verification front, eSign.AI has completed integration with iAM Smart, enabling individual identity verification through Hong Kong’s citizen digital identity system, and providing legally valid digital certificate services for both enterprises and individuals.

Looking ahead, the eSign.AI SaaS platform will be deeply integrated with CorpID, providing enterprise and individual identity verification for Hong Kong businesses, and supporting both electronic and digital signing that complies with Hong Kong’s Electronic Transactions Ordinance — connecting the full digital contracting lifecycle for government and enterprise alike.

Getting Ahead of the AI Era: From eSignGlobal to eSign.AI

The electronic signature industry is undergoing a structural shift from “tooling” to “intelligence.” Market data underscores this acceleration: the AI-powered contract analysis tools market has grown from USD 3.32 billion in 2025 to USD 4.3 billion in 2026, at a CAGR of 29.6%. Signing is just one node in the contract lifecycle — document generation, workflow orchestration, compliance tracking, and post-execution management are all being transformed by AI, and the industry window is closing fast.

In April 2026, the company officially rebranded from eSignGlobal to eSign.AI, completing its strategic transformation from an e-signature tool provider to an AI-native contract automation platform. As the company’s spokesperson noted, this rebrand is not cosmetic — it is an acknowledgment of where the product actually is. Customers were already using eSign.AI to automate workflows that go far beyond the signature itself.

eSign Automation Skill was launched alongside the rebrand — an AI-powered signing automation framework for enterprise workflows that enables complete contract signing through natural language interaction, with no manual intervention required. Whether it is single-party approval, multi-party sequential signing, or large-scale parallel execution, an AI Agent can orchestrate the entire workflow in a single call. All signature initiations and status queries return structured JSON outputs, directly parseable by leading large language models and intelligent workflow systems.

eSign Automation is now available in the OpenClaw ecosystem and supports integration via Claude MCP, ChatGPT, and other leading AI platforms.

By combining AI automation capabilities with CorpID’s government-grade digital identity infrastructure, eSign.AI delivers a complete solution for Hong Kong enterprises — from identity verification to intelligent signing to full workflow automation.

About eSign.AI

eSign.AI (formerly eSignGlobal) is an AI-native electronic signature and contract automation platform built for enterprises worldwide. The platform serves over 100 countries and regions, covering core industries including financial services, manufacturing, real estate, human resources, and healthcare — with 1,500+ scenario applications and 3,000+ ecosystem partners. eSign.AI holds ISO 27001, ISO 27701, and ISO 27018 certifications and supports major regulatory frameworks including the U.S. ESIGN Act / UETA, EU eIDAS, HIPAA, GDPR, and 21 CFR Part 11. Infrastructure is anchored by independent data centers in Hong Kong, Singapore, and Frankfurt, Germany.

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The 9th AskGamblers Awards Finalists Announced as Voting Starts

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The highly anticipated 9th AskGamblers Awards has officially moved into the voting phase. Following a rigorous selection process, the finalists across 5 premier categories have been revealed: Best Casino, Best New Casino, Best New Slot, Best Sportsbook, Best Provider. Players are invited to cast their votes until 11 June.

BELGRADE, Serbia, May 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The voting stage of the 9th annual AskGamblers Awards has officially begun. The list of finalists is announced, and the first votes are already coming in. 

Players will have a chance to vote for their favourites until 11 June, when the winners will be announced at the gala ceremony in Belgrade. There’s a total of 5 categories where popular votes are taken into consideration:

Best CasinoBest New CasinoBest SportsbookBest New SlotBest Game Provider

There aren’t any big changes to the voting process compared to last year. The votes from the prominent members of AskGamblers Forum will be counted in as well, while some award winners will be announced directly by the AskGamblers teams. 

These include: Best Crypto Casino, Best Partner, and Best Manager categories, while the AskGamblers Superstar Award is expected to be handed to the operator that illustrates the brand values best.

Dijana Radunović, General Manager at AskGamblers, is excited for voting to start: “We’re seeing some familiar contestants, but there are a lot of new names, so it will be exciting to see who comes up on top.”

“We invite players to vote for their favourites! This is a chance for you to speak your mind and support operators and games that shape this industry,” Radunović added.

Before the AskGamblers Awards Ceremony that takes place on 11 June, Charity Night is scheduled for 10 June.

About AskGamblers

AskGamblers.com strives to provide current, objective, and accurate information and guide its users towards a safe gaming experience. The way we deliver our services, from the online casino, sportsbook, slot, and bonus reviews to our trusted Complaint Service, is best described by our motto: ‘Get the truth. Then play.’

For more information about AskGamblers and AskGamblers Awards, please contact dijana.radunovic@g2m.com.

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SUNMI Wins 2026 Red Dot Design Awards with Five Products, Leading Global Commercial Industrial Design

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SINGAPORE, May 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — The winners of the 2026 German Red Dot Design Award were officially announced. Five of SUNMI Technology’s flagship products won awards: the CPad Business Tablet, CPad PAY, FLEX 3 Interactive Display, the V3 handheld POS Terminal and L3 Industrial PDA. These products stood out with three core design concepts: integration, versatility and human-centricity.

Known as “The Oscars” of global industrial design, the Red Dot Award has strict evaluation criteria covering aesthetics, ergonomics, scenario adaptability and sustainability. SUNMI adheres to original commercial scenario customization, rejecting crudely modified consumer devices. All winning products are originally developed for real commercial scenarios such as cash register, food delivery, industrial inspection and store operations, covering the entire commercial track with high scenario adaptability. Meanwhile, it practices ESG concepts, adopting eco-friendly materials and modular structures to extend equipment service life, reduce consumable consumption, and implement low-carbon and long-term design, which perfectly meets the Red Dot’s sustainability evaluation criteria.

Simplify Complexity: With highly integrated design, SUNMI eliminates the “patchwork feeling” of cluttered devices and tangled cables in traditional commercial scenarios, streamlining store operations and saving space.All-in-One Versatility: Beyond a single tool function, SUNMI’s products achieve flexible transformation through modular and multi-form designs to proactively adapt to changing business needs. The CPad series with modular accessories and FLEX 3’s Lego-style modular design enable multi-scenario application and long-term reuse.Human-Centric Design: Every detail is human-oriented, focusing on real pain points to enhance scenario experience. The L3 Industrial PDA reduces high-frequency work fatigue through scientific weight distribution; the V3 Smart POS Terminal balances large-screen visibility and grip comfort; CPad PAY integrates full-link functions to simplify workflows.

These honors stem from SUNMI’s long-term commitment to a sustainable society, original commercial R&D and ESG. In the future, SUNMI will uphold its core concepts, expand the boundaries of commercial industrial design, and empower global businesses with user-oriented, eco-friendly and high-value products.

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