Synopsys (SNPS) shares rose 30% over the past month, versus a 2.5% gain for the S&P 500, following its September 30 Investor Day and new deals with OpenAI and Amazon. The article examines Design IP, which licenses ready-made chip building blocks and fell 8.1% in fiscal 2025. Its revenue rose about 11% year over year in fiscal Q3 2026, which management attributed to broad AI infrastructure demand, and its die-to-die products are on pace to double, with more than 100 chip designs won. Still, Design IP brought in $474 million of the $2.477 billion total that quarter, and the shares trade at 88 times earnings versus 22.5 for the S&P 500. The article says one quarter is not yet a trend and points to Design IP revenue growth in the fiscal Q4 2026 report as the key figure to watch.
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