How AI Collaboration Will Transform Chip Design Efficiency in 2025

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How AI Collaboration Will Transform Chip Design Efficiency in 2025

Last week, Stelios Diamantidis, Synopsys’ AI technology strategy lead, predicted that AI will begin collaborating with other AI agents by 2025, marking a new phase in AI development. Diamantidis explained that while AI agents initially performed basic tasks through predefined rules and decision trees, they have since evolved into advanced systems capable of understanding human language, generating content, learning continuously, and adapting their behavior.

Although these AI agents are currently tailored for specific tasks and confined to certain applications, Diamantidis anticipates a shift where AI agents will collaborate with each other. In a blog post, he highlighted Synopsys’ progress in training AI agents for greater integration and collaboration, particularly in chip design.

Synopsys shared the results of its internal efforts with EE Times, stating, "Based on pilot program results, our internal GenAI applications are projected to save 250,000 employee hours in the coming year, allowing our teams to focus on high-value work for our customers."

Diamantidis also noted in his blog that highly specialized AI agents could analyze vast amounts of data across software workloads, architectures, timing, power, and manufacturing rules. This collaboration could reveal hidden patterns, create solutions for persistent challenges, and optimize chip design and performance through detailed recommendations.

To delve deeper into this vision and Synopsys' work in AI-driven chip design, Diamantidis was interviewed at the company’s Mountain View, Calif., headquarters. A video of the conversation is available below.

While excitement around AI and generative AI continues to grow, so do concerns about the energy demands associated with their rapid expansion. Over the past two years, AMD CTO Mark Papermaster has frequently discussed the potential energy crisis arising from the explosive growth in AI. This has fueled ongoing efforts to improve compute efficiency and reduce energy consumption, with innovations in AI compute, interconnects, memory architectures, and emerging technologies like analog in-memory compute from startups such as Sagence AI.

William Ruby, Synopsys’ senior director for power analysis, emphasized the need to prioritize power and energy efficiency in chip design. Speaking with EE Times, Ruby stated, "Power and energy efficiency should be a primary consideration when designing architecture." Ruby brings extensive expertise in low-power IC design and methodologies.

Earlier this month, Ruby also discussed Synopsys’ efforts to address these energy challenges during an interview at the company’s Mountain View headquarters, shedding light on how the organization is tackling the energy efficiency needs of modern AI applications.

Satya Nadella Predicts a Paradigm Shift in SaaS with AI Agents

Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, recently shared bold predictions about the transformative impact of AI agents on SaaS solutions during an appearance on the B2G podcast with Bill Gurley and Brad Gerstner. Nadella suggested that the traditional concept of business applications could fundamentally change in the AI era, with AI agents potentially reshaping the infrastructure of SaaS solutions.

Addressing Microsoft’s copilot-first strategy, Nadella explained how AI could make some existing systems obsolete. He described SaaS/business applications as essentially CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete) databases with embedded business logic or rules. In his view, AI agents will take over these rules, operating across multiple databases rather than relying on hardcoded logic within individual apps.

Nadella predicted that this shift will collapse traditional back-end systems as AI agents handle multi-repository CRUD operations, effectively centralizing logic in an AI tier. He cited Microsoft’s Dynamics platform as an example, where the company is "aggressively" working to collapse backends and meet growing demand for AI-native applications that can seamlessly evolve from copilots to agents and then into fully integrated business apps.

Highlighting real-world progress, Nadella pointed to the integration of Python in Excel, describing it as a transformative tool akin to GitHub Copilot. He noted that Python in Excel enables not just analysis but planning and execution, with Excel’s interface serving as a "scratchpad" for advanced tasks. This innovation represents how copilots can evolve into tools within familiar applications, enabling more intelligent, integrated, and autonomous workflows.

Nadella’s comments sparked significant discussion among professionals in customer service and tech sectors. Sabeel Ahmed, Chief AI Product Developer at Skyward Blue, emphasized the importance of building AI-first solutions now to gain a competitive edge as the shift accelerates. On LinkedIn, Ahmed highlighted how AI is simultaneously disrupting the SaaS industry and creating new opportunities.

In the same thread, Maurizio Ceccacci, an SMB Digital Coach, welcomed the move towards an agent-centric approach, seeing it as a return to problem-solving rather than focusing on underlying technologies. Meanwhile, Ivan Landabaso, a Partner at JME Ventures, cautioned that while the concept is compelling, the transition of business logic to an AI tier is a complex, time-intensive process. He predicted that legacy systems would persist for years but acknowledged opportunities for modular, AI-first applications to lead in the future.

Kane Simms, founder of VUX World, highlighted Microsoft’s willingness to embrace self-disruption. He noted that Nadella’s open discussion of AI’s potential to impact Microsoft’s legacy systems—like Excel—underscores the company’s recognition of AI as a radical, transformative force. Simms challenged businesses to consider how Microsoft’s belief in AI as a game-changer might similarly disrupt their industries.

Nadella’s insights offer a glimpse into the future of business applications, where AI agents redefine workflows and transform solutions into more intelligent, autonomous systems. Microsoft’s openness to self-disruption signals its commitment to leading in an AI-driven era, raising a critical question for other businesses.

How AI Agents Will Revolutionize Web3 by 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) agents are set to revolutionize Web3 by 2025, with cryptocurrency staking and onchain trading emerging as key use cases, according to industry experts speaking to Cointelegraph.

Agentic AIs—autonomous systems capable of pursuing complex goals—are already reshaping the digital economy by building Web3 applications, launching tokens, and interacting with users independently. By 2025, AI agents are expected to play a larger role within decentralized communities, said J.D. Seraphine, a Web3 AI developer at Raiinmaker.

However, they face obstacles such as technical challenges, regulatory issues, and risks of centralization, noted Michael Casey, co-founder of the Decentralized AI Society. “Without decentralization, centralized, misaligned systems could lead to disastrous outcomes, especially with AI,” Casey warned.

Web3 currently hosts around 10,000 AI agents generating millions of dollars weekly from onchain activities, according to a report by VanEck. The asset management firm predicts this number could grow to over 1 million AI agents operating on blockchain networks by the end of 2025.

“The potential for AI agents interacting with cryptocurrency is virtually limitless,” said Matt Hougan, head of research at Bitwise Asset Management. In 2024, tokens tied to agentic AI projects achieved a market capitalization of $10 billion, primarily during Q4, according to CoinGecko.

Notable agentic AI projects include ai16z, which uses AI to direct onchain investments, and Virtuals, a platform that enables the deployment of AI agents on Coinbase’s Base network.

One of the most promising applications of AI agents in Web3 is cryptocurrency staking, where agents could lock up tokens on behalf of human holders to secure blockchain networks and earn transaction fee rewards. “This is a logical first step,” Hougan said, though he acknowledged that many experiments may fail before finding widespread adoption.

For instance, ai16z’s AI agent, Eliza, autonomously manages an onchain liquidity pool and reportedly achieves annualized returns exceeding 60%, according to data from daos.fun.

Despite their potential, decentralized AI agents currently lag behind centralized models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT in areas such as speed and computational power, said Casey. Creating viable decentralized AI agents will require solutions to ensure access to high-quality training data while safeguarding user privacy, according to Seraphine.

Moreover, regulatory pressures could pose additional challenges. Casey highlighted how major AI players like OpenAI are lobbying for regulations that may favor centralized models, potentially disadvantaging decentralized systems.

For investors, Hougan emphasized the importance of recognizing the transformative potential of AI agents. “You don’t need to know exactly how things will play out; positioning yourself for exposure to this shift is key,” he advised.

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