B[IDAS 2026 Design Automation Industry Summit was held in Shanghai: Shanghai will accelerate EDA/IP breakthroughs and strengthen cutting-edge technological innovations such as AI EDA] September 1st, according to the Shanghai Economic and Information Technology Commission, on the morning of September 1st, the "IDAS 2026 Design Automation Industry Summit" was successfully held at Shanghai Zhangjiang Science Hall. The summit focused on industry development hotspots such as Tao's Law, system collaboration and innovation for discussions and exchanges. EDA is a basic software tool for chip design, manufacturing, packaging and other aspects, and it is also the basis for supporting the ecological construction of the integrated circuit industry. Under the guidance and support of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Shanghai has actively formulated and implemented EDA/IP innovative development support policies, established industry merger and acquisition funds, established the Shanghai EDA/IP Innovation Center and the EDA Development Promotion Association, accelerated the improvement of the industrial ecology, and helped enterprises become bigger and stronger. In the next step, Shanghai will focus on the innovative development of the entire integrated circuit industry chain, accelerate the construction of platform carriers, accelerate EDA/IP breakthroughs, strengthen cutting-edge technological innovations such as AI EDA, support product application promotion, continue to optimize the industrial ecology, and accelerate the creation of an integrated circuit design automation innovation highland with international influence and competitiveness. B[China's software business revenue increased by 9.2% year-on-year from January to July] On September 1, we learned from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology that in the first seven months of 2026, China's software and information technology service industry was operating well, with steady growth in software business revenue, steady growth in total profits, and positive growth in software business exports. In the first seven months of this year, China's software business revenue was 8,978.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.2%; the total software industry profit exceeded one trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 1.3%. Software business exports amounted to US$40.61 billion, a year-on-year increase of 12.2%. The operation performance by field shows that the revenue of software products has grown steadily. In the first seven months, software product revenue accounted for 21.6% of the total industry revenue. Information technology services revenue continued to maintain double-digit growth. From January to July this year, information technology service revenue increased by 10% year-on-year, accounting for 68.7% of the industry's revenue. A[Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Support service providers to strengthen their connection with national computing power network hub nodes, national computing power interconnection nodes, China computing power platform, etc.] On August 31, the General Office of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a notice on launching a special action to cultivate artificial intelligence application service providers. It is mentioned that the support and guarantee of service providers should be strengthened. Support service providers to strengthen their connection with the national computing power network hub nodes, national computing power interconnection nodes, China computing power platform, etc., and make good use of policy tools such as "computing power coupons" to reduce computing power costs. Optimize intelligent programming tools and improve software supply capabilities. Relying on the scenarios, data, models, agents and other achievements formed by actions such as "Module Resonance" and "Industrial Data Foundation Building", open calling interfaces or provide trial channels to service providers. Encourage universities, vocational schools and leading service providers to jointly build practical training bases to cultivate compound application talents in batches who "understand business, understand models, understand safety, and can deliver". Service providers are encouraged to build a frontline deployment engineer (FDE) team to take root at user sites and ensure the implementation of scenarios.
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