STMicro leans on AI, cloud as chip designs become more complex


FILE PHOTO A logo is pictured on the factory of STMicroelectronics in Plan-les-Oautes near  Geneva Switzerland December 6 2016. REUTERSDenis BalibouseFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on the factory of STMicroelectronics in Plan-les-Oautes near Geneva, Switzerland, December 6, 2016. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

(Reuters) - European chipmaker STMicroelectronics and chip design software maker Synopsys on Tuesday said STMicro had for the first time used artificial intelligence software running on Microsoft Corp's cloud to design a working chip.

The achievement would help solve the growing problem of getting increasingly complex designs ready for customers in an acceptable time, STMicro said.

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