Synopsys joined Broadcom, Meta, Applied Materials, and GlobalFoundries to fund a $125 million semiconductor research hub at UCLA focused on next-gen chips and AI. The five-year partnership aims to strengthen the U.S. supply chain. Synopsys is heading into Q2 earnings with AI-driven chip demand and adoption of its Synopsys.ai platform expected to support revenue growth, though the stock has underperformed the market recently.