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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 11, 2001-- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), the technology leader for complex IC design, and Platform Computing Inc., a global leader in distributed resource management solutions, today announced an alliance to advance simulation farm technology by enhancing integration between Synopsys' VCS Verilog simulator and Platform Computing's LSF (Load Sharing Facility) software to increase the ease-of-use and efficiency of simulation server farms. Simulation server farms allow verification engineers to use a group of computers (server farm) to run several simulations simultaneously, thereby increasing simulation throughput by several orders of magnitude compared to a single computer simulation. To facilitate closer cooperation, Platform Computing has joined the Synopsys Platforms Program and Synopsys has become a member of Platform Computing's Alliance Program. Through these partnership programs, Synopsys and Platform Computing will incorporate both products into standard testing to ensure robust compatibility.

Increasingly, engineering teams are turning to server farms as a proven and reliable solution to achieve massive simulation throughput. VCS is a robust, high performance Verilog simulator designed to take advantage of a distributed computing environment. Platform Computing's LSF has been a leader in providing the infrastructure for managing the workload within server farms. The combination of VCS and LSF enables engineering teams to achieve high simulation throughput, allowing them to meet demanding verification and quality requirements.

``As VCS and LSF users, we have benefited from the joint efforts of Synopsys and Platform Computing to advance our simulation server farm environment. Their distributed simulation solution, available on both our Solaris and LINUX based platforms, have helped us during the development of all our recent graphics, platform, media and communications processor projects,'' says Chris Malachowsky, vice president of Hardware Engineering at Nvidia. ``Deployment of this powerful combination of technologies helped increase our productivity by an order of magnitude, and helped us beat our competition to market by whole product cycles.''

``Because Synopsys' VCS Verilog simulator supports all standard platforms, including Linux operating systems, we've seen strong demand for simulation server farms running VCS and LSF. For our mutual customers to meet the challenge of verifying increasingly complex IC designs, they require tighter integration between the VCS and LSF products. That is why we are now working closer together,'' says Paul Hill, vice president of Business Development at Platform Computing.

As a result of joint efforts between the two companies, Platform's LSF version 4.1 operates seamlessly with Synopsys' VCS Verilog Simulator. Synopsys will also continue to gain advance notice of enhancements to Platform Computing's LSF technology and adapt VCS to take full advantage of these enhancements. This cooperation will allow for a more integrated and robust simulation server farm environment for designers.

``Synopsys became an early leader in simulation server farm technology by enabling VCS to take full advantage of distributed computing. We are pleased that Platform Computing can be an integral partner in pushing the verification performance envelope with their LSF product,'' says Manoj Gandhi, general manager and senior vice president of the Verification Technology Group Synopsys.

Complete Functional Verification Solution

Synopsys provides a complete line of functional verification solutions supporting Verilog, VHDL, mixed-HDL, and mixed-signal complex SoC designs aimed at achieving the highest functional coverage in the shortest amount of time. These solutions include Synopsys' VCS(TM) Verilog simulator, Scirocco(TM) VHDL simulator, VCS/Scirocco-MX mixed-HDL simulation, VERA(TM) testbench automation tool, CoverMeter(TM) Verilog code coverage analysis tool, DesignWare® verification IP, LEDA® programmable HDL checker, NanoSim(TM) circuit simulation, and Formality® equivalence checker.

About Platform Computing

Platform Computing Inc. is a world leader in Distributed Resource Management (DRM) software. Platform's solutions, LSF Suite and SiteAssure Suite, enable some of the world's most creative companies to achieve outstanding results by allowing them to maximize the productivity potential of their people, computing resources and processes. Platform solutions give both engineering and Internet environments unprecedented control over their mission critical hardware, software and network resources. With Platform solutions, customers are able to bridge the worlds of networks, systems and applications as well as to realize higher availability and performance to achieve their business objectives. For more information, please visit http://www.platform.com.

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS), headquartered in Mountain View, California, creates leading electronic design automation (EDA) tools for the global electronics market. The company provides comprehensive design technologies and solutions to developers of complex integrated circuits, electronics systems, and systems on a chip. Synopsys also provides consulting and support services to simplify the overall IC design process and accelerate time to market for its customers. Visit Synopsys at http://www.synopsys.com.

Note to Editors: Synopsys, Formality, DesignWare, LEDA and VERA are registered trademarks of Synopsys, Inc. VCS, Scirocco, CoverMeter, and NanoSim are all trademarks of Synopsys, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners.

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