Just days after a new Washington crackdown on semiconductor design software exports to China, which banned companies like Synopsys from offering their services to clients in the country, access to some vital services appears to have been quietly restored. Notably, the turnabout comes within days of a high-level phone call between President Trump and Xi Jinping, according to Digitimes.
Digitimes reports that following the call, which took place on June 5, there has been a shift in the semiconductor market pertaining to the software used by companies in semiconductor design. Notably, several local Chinese IC design engineers and companies have reported that access to Synopsys' SolvNetPlus platform and Cadence's Support Portal has now been restored.
