Synopsys/Ansys, Keysight/Spirent: Optimism Grows That SAMR Will Approve Chip-Related Deals, Buoyed by U.S.-China Talks’ Progress

The prospect has grown that two high-profile semiconductors transactions—Synopsys’s proposed acquisition of Ansys and Keysight Technologies’ pending purchase of Spirent Communications—will be cleared by China’s antitrust authority after the Asian country and the U.S. over the weekend temporarily agreed to deescalate their trade war, sources familiar with the matter said…