US lifts curbs on chip design tool sales to China amid trade talks

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Major EDA suppliers Synopsys and Cadence says they are preparing to start serving Chinese customers again. (Nikkei montage/Source photos by AP and Reuters)

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PALO ALTO, California -- The world's leading suppliers of chip design tools Cadence, Synopsys and Siemens are preparing to resume sales to China, after the U.S. government rescinded restrictions on such exports.

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