Synplicity's Synplify ASIC Synthesis Software Supported by IBM ASIC Design Flow

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2002--Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP - News)

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Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP - News), a leading supplier of software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced its Synplify ASIC® synthesis software is now qualified for use by IBM's ASIC customers. The Synplify ASIC software provides designers with a productivity-focused ASIC synthesis solution that delivers high quality of results and is fast and easy to use. As part of its support, IBM is integrating Synplicity's ASIC synthesis software into its Blue Logic Methodology GUIDE design flow as a qualified ASIC synthesis solution.

"We believe the Synplify ASIC software will provide our ASIC customers a synthesis option for meeting their design requirements," said Tom Russell, manager for synthesis methodology at IBM Microelectronics. "Synplicity's ASIC synthesis product passed our regression tests, and met our performance and runtime goals. After an extensive qualification process, we are rolling out support for the Synplify ASIC software as part of our forthcoming SA27E and Cu11 library releases. It is also our goal to work with Synplicity to offer a new, highly productive logic synthesis flow optimized to move between FPGA and ASIC silicon technologies."

"We have been working closely with IBM to qualify the Synplify ASIC software and we are pleased the world's largest ASIC manufacturer now provides support for our software and will include it for customer use through the Blue Logic Methodology GUIDE integration," said Joe Gianelli, director of business development and strategic alliances at Synplicity. "The support for our ASIC synthesis software by IBM signals a significant message -- customers and ASIC vendors alike are looking for a high-productivity ASIC solution. With the Synplify ASIC software, we believe customers can obtain the high quality of results they require, with the speed and ease of use traditionally associated with Synplicity's solutions."

IBM joins a growing list of ASIC vendors who support the Synplify ASIC software. Additional ASIC vendors supporting the Synplify ASIC software include: AMI Semiconductor, Chip Express, Faraday, Fujitsu, Lightspeed Semiconductor and Oki Semiconductor.

About the Synplify ASIC Software

Introduced in June 2001, Synplicity's Synplify ASIC software is the industry's first ASIC synthesis product optimized to improve productivity for the majority of ASIC designers. The software leverages the company's proven synthesis technology, delivers high quality of results and features order of magnitude runtime improvements -- up to 15 times faster than traditional synthesis products. The Synplify ASIC software offers a scalable and flexible methodology for high-complexity ASIC design -- the MultiPoint(TM) synthesis design methodology -- enabling designers to perform complete design optimization with fast runtimes and high quality of results.

Pricing and Availability

The Synplify ASIC software is available now for Linux (Red Hat 7.1), HP-UX 11.0, Sun Solaris 2.7/2.8, Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 operating systems. A perpetual license of the Synplify ASIC software lists for $115,000 (U.S.). A one-year time-based license of the Synplify ASIC software lists for $69,000 (U.S.).

Customers interested in evaluating the software can do so with Synplicity's "Express Evaluation" toolkit, which enables a designer to complete a four-step evaluation of the software, including installation and training, within a day. The toolkit provides all of the basic information needed to conduct a hands-on evaluation of the Synplify ASIC software including an evaluation copy of the software, a design tutorial, a test case design and all of the necessary design libraries. The kit is available by contacting your local Synplicity® sales office.

About Synplicity

Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP - News) is a leading provider of software products that enable the rapid and effective design and verification of semiconductors used in networking and communications, computer and peripheral, consumer and military/aerospace electronics systems. Recognizing the company's industry-leading position, Dataquest named Synplicity as the #1 provider of PLD synthesis tools in 2000 with a 45 percent market share. Synplicity 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. The company'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 March 31, 2002, Synplicity employed 269 people in its 20 facilities worldwide. Synplicity is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information on Synplicity, visit http://www.synplicity.com.

Note to Editors: Synplicity and Synplify ASIC are registered trademarks of Synplicity, Inc. MultiPoint is a trademark of Synplicity, Inc. All other brands or products are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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