Synopsys announced the launch of its IP OEM partner program with leading fabless ASIC companies and supply channel partners. Arrow Electronics Global Unichip Corp. (GUC) and Open-Silicon are the first companies to sign multi-year agreements standardizing on Synopsys DesignWare IP for their system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Companies are increasingly turning to fabless ASIC vendors and supply channel partners to help build their complex SoC designs, especially at 65-nanometer (nm) process technologies and below. To address this trend, Synopsys is partnering with key companies to provide seamless access to high-quality DesignWare IP such as PCI Express, USB, DDR and SATA.