Edgewater Wireless Systems Inc., the industry pioneer of AI-powered Wi-Fi Spectrum Slicing technology for residential, enterprise and Industrial IoT markets, announced that it has selected Synopsys as a core vendor in its next-generation Wi-Fi8-ready spectrum slicing silicon program.

Increasing demand for reliability-first Wi-Fi is surging: Edgewater (TSXV:YFI) taps Synopsys Cloud EDA to fast-track Wi-Fi8 Spectrum Slicing™ silicon.

The market pull for reliability-first Wi‑Fi is accelerating. Analyst forecasts project the global Wi‑Fi chipset market will reach the mid‑US$36B range by 2034, as connected devices, high-density deployments, and time-sensitive applications drive demand for more deterministic wireless performance.

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At the same time, poor Wi‑Fi quality of experience has become a measurable cost center for large operators. Industry analyses indicate that roughly one‑third of inbound support calls are Wi‑Fi-related, with meaningful costs per call, and a material portion escalating into technician visits (“truck rolls”)—turning Wi‑Fi performance into a direct operating expense and customer satisfaction risk.

“Wi-Fi8 and AI-driven connectivity are transforming how traffic flows across the last meter of the network—and our customers are looking to Edgewater to lead that transition,” said Andrew Skafel, President & CEO of Edgewater Wireless. “By selecting Synopsys EDA solutions, enabled through our relationship with Silicon Catalyst, we’re equipping our engineering team with the same class of tools used by many of the world’s leading semiconductor companies. That allows us to focus on our core competency—Wi-Fi Spectrum Slicing—while relying on proven, high-performance design infrastructure to move faster and reduce risk.”

As a Silicon Catalyst portfolio company, Edgewater Wireless is leveraging Synopsys EDA solutions to optimize its design and verification flows. This integration is expected to accelerate time-to-tape out, improve design quality, and further de-risk the complex development of its advanced RF, mixed-signal and AI-enabled Wi-Fi system-on-chip (SoC) architectures.

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Edgewater’s Wi-Fi Spectrum Slicing technology is designed to unlock higher capacity, lower latency and more deterministic performance in dense real-world environments, from homes and MDUs to smart factories and next-generation industrial IoT. The adoption of Synopsys solutions is expected to streamline critical stages of the company’s silicon lifecycle—from architecture exploration and RTL design, through verification, implementation and sign-off—supporting Edgewater’s roadmap toward production-ready Wi-Fi8-class silicon.

“Edgewater Wireless is a great example of how innovative companies can leverage the Silicon Catalyst ecosystem to access advanced tools and expertise,” said Nick Kepler, COO of Silicon Catalyst. “By combining Edgewater’s differentiated Wi-Fi Spectrum Slicing technology with state-of-the-art EDA solutions available to our portfolio companies, we believe they are well positioned to deliver compelling value to service providers, device makers and investors alike.”

The deployment of Synopsys EDA solutions underscores Edgewater’s strategy of aligning with established, globally trusted semiconductor suppliers to support its fabless model. By relying on validated, production-proven design technology, Edgewater can concentrate resources on algorithm development, AI-at-the-edge innovation and system-level optimization—key elements of its competitive advantage in next-generation Wi-Fi access.

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Source – businesswire

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