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Vitalect Delivers New eLearning Customer Training Program for Synplicity

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 28, 2001--Vitalect Inc., a leading provider of custom eLearning content management solutions, today announced the delivery of a new online customer training program for Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP), a leading supplier of software for the design and verification of semiconductors. Synplicity® engaged Vitalect to develop the eLearning program to support Synplicity's physical synthesis product, the Amplify(TM) Physical Optimizer(TM).

``Synplicity is well-known for delivering strong customer support. With Vitalect's web-based training solution, we now offer a wider range of customer training options to support our products,'' said Andrew Dauman, vice president of corporate applications at Synplicity. ``Vitalect has the content management technology and instructional design expertise to enable us to support just-in-time eLearning for customers in dispersed locations, when and where they need it.''

Vitalect's solutions meet the demand from high-technology companies such as Synplicity for a more cost-effective approach to training customers. For instance, Vitalect's custom eLearning solution enables Synplicity to expand technical support for programmable logic designers utilizing the Amplify Physical Optimizer software, the first and only field programmable gate array (FPGA) physical synthesis product that improves performance and productivity by performing simultaneous placement and logic optimization.

``Today's announcement is an important step toward Synplicity broadening its customer support capabilities for its best-of-breed software,'' said Pran Kurup, chief executive officer and president of Vitalect. ``We look forward to enabling Synplicity to serve an expanding base of customers with training about the Amplify Physical Optimizer software, supported by our leading eLearning content management solution.''

About Vitalect

Vitalect is a leading provider of eLearning custom content solutions designed to accelerate the rate of knowledge transfer across the enterprise for corporate leaders in highly competitive business sectors. Vitalect's fully integrated eLearning solution delivers the technology infrastructure and instructional design services that help companies train their customers, employees, sales channels and business partners. Vitalect's eLearning technologies encompass content development, authoring and management tools in a learning management system with worldwide hosting, support and 24x7 maintenance services. Founded in 1997, Mountain View, Calif.-based Vitalect has exhibited continuous growth and profitability since its inception. More detailed information can be found at http://www.vitalect.com/.

About Synplicity

Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP) is a leading provider of software products that enable the rapid and effective design and verification of semiconductors used in next-generation networking and communications hardware and other electronic devices. The company leverages its innovative logic synthesis, physical synthesis and verification software solutions to improve performance and shorten development time for complex programmable logic devices, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and system-on-chip (SoC) integrated circuits. Synplicity's fast, easy-to-use products offer high quality of results, support industry-standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. As of the end of June 30, 2001, Synplicity employed over 250 people in its 16 facilities worldwide. Synplicity is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.


Contact:
     Vitalect
     Stephen Hatch, 650/210-3834
     shatch@vitalect.com
       or
     FitzGerald Communications for Vitalect
     Katie Neuman, 415/986-9500
     kneuman@fitzgerald.com

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