Ansys Semiconductor Licensing Change: Migration to Synopsys Common Licensing
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- Kind
- Product documentation
- Format
- HTML
- Applies to
- Synopsys notice that Ansys Semiconductor (EDA) licence files move to the Synopsys CVD format and the snpslmd daemon on or after December 7, 2026, with SCL 2026.12 required. The page itself is undated, so effectiveDate is null; the December 7, 2026 date is stated in the text and used as the effective date of the rules that depend on it.
- Evidence
- Ansys Semiconductor licence files move to the SCL format
- Non-Semiconductor Ansys products are not affected unless on the same host
- Ansys licensed product numbers and feature names stay the same
- SCL 2026.12 will not start with legacy Ansys daemons running
- Ansys Semiconductor key files arrive without a hostname
- ansyslmd and snpslmd cannot run on the same machine
- Non-Semiconductor Ansys keys on the same host are combined with the Synopsys file
- Ansys Semiconductor migration reminders are scheduled