Synplicity's Market-Leading FPGA Synthesis Solutions Support Altera'

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    SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2005--

The Synplify Software Offers High Quality of Results for HardCopy II
    Customers; Synplicity Builds on Structured/Platform ASIC Leadership
    Position with Support of HardCopy II Devices

    Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP), a leading supplier of software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced its market-leading FPGA synthesis products support Altera Corporation's (Nasdaq:ALTR) HardCopy(R) II device family. The same leading-edge logic optimizations performed by the Synplify(R) and Synplify Pro(R) products for Altera FPGAs are also applied to the new HardCopy II devices. Customers designing HardCopy II devices can use their existing Synplify products to achieve high timing performance and area utilization for these devices.
    "Synplicity continues to be an excellent partner for Altera and has a strong track record of delivering best-in-class solutions for our newest FPGAs like Stratix(R) II. Synplicity is now providing that same level of support for our new structured/platform ASIC solution, HardCopy II," said Danny Biran, vice president of product and corporate marketing at Altera Corporation. "As is the case with all our devices, HardCopy II customers using Synplicity's synthesis technology will be able to achieve the highest quality of results while also being able to minimize tool training and development costs."
    "With its FPGA front-end design methodology and low cost point, Altera's HardCopy II devices offer customers a unique structured ASIC option," said Andy Haines, vice president of marketing at Synplicity. "For more than two years, Synplicity has been committed to supporting the structured/platform ASIC market with best-in-class design tools and our support for Altera's latest HardCopy II structured ASICs continues this trend. Altera's customers will be able to continue using Synplicity's familiar, easy-to-use synthesis software in their HardCopy II design flow with the assurance that they will achieve the results they have come to expect from Synplicity."

    About Synplicity's FPGA Synthesis Solutions

    Synplicity's Synplify software helps programmable logic designers rapidly achieve aggressive performance objectives. The Synplify software takes designs written in VHDL or Verilog as input, and compiles, optimizes and maps them into efficient, high-performance netlists for all leading CPLD and FPGA devices. The Synplify Pro software offers high quality of results and fast runtimes along with an expanded feature set optimized to increase performance and productivity for today's complex programmable devices.

    Pricing and Availability

    Synplify and Synplify Pro software are available now. Pricing for the Synplify software starts at $9,000 (U.S.) and pricing for Synplify Pro software starts at $19,000 (U.S.). For more information about Synplicity's family of FPGA synthesis products, visit the company's Web site at http://www.synplicity.com.

    About Synplicity

    Synplicity(R) Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP) is a leading supplier of innovative synthesis, verification and physical implementation software solutions that enable the rapid and effective design and verification of semiconductors. Synplicity's high-quality, high-performance tools significantly reduce costs and time-to-market for FPGA, structured/platform ASIC and cell-based/COT ASIC designers. The company's underlying Behavior Extracting Synthesis Technology(R) (BEST(TM)), which is embedded in its logical, physical and verification tools, and has led to Synplicity's top position in FPGA synthesis, now provides the same fast runtimes and quality of results to ASIC and COT customers. The company's fast, easy-to-use products support industry standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. Synplicity employs over 280 people in its 20 facilities worldwide. Synplicity is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information visit http://www.synplicity.com.

    Forward-Looking Statements

    This press release contains forward-looking statements including, but not limited to, statements regarding the performance and achievements of Synplicity's Synplify and Synplify Pro in connection with their support of certain Altera software products. In some cases, you will be able to identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "believes" or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual achievements or performance of the Synplify and Synplify Pro to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, including the performance and quality of Synplicity's products relative to other comparable software (both individually and used in conjunction with third party products), latent defects, design flaws or other problems with the Synplify and Synplify Pro and the growth and changing technical requirements in the programmable semiconductor market. For additional information and considerations regarding the risks faced by Synplicity, see its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as other periodic reports filed with the SEC from time to time, including its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Although Synplicity believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, Synplicity cannot guarantee the future performance or achievements of its software. In addition, neither Synplicity nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of these forward-looking statements. Synplicity disclaims any obligation to update information contained in any forward-looking statement.

    Synplicity, Behavior Extracting Synthesis Technology, Synplify and Synplify Pro are registered trademarks of Synplicity Inc. BEST is a trademark of Synplicity Inc. All other brands or products are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners.

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CONTACT: Synplicity Inc. Jeff Garrison, 408-215-6000 (Reader) jeff@synplicity.com or Porter Novelli Steve Gabriel, 408-369-1500 ext. 627 (Press) steve.gabriel@porternovelli.com

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE SOFTWARE PRODUCT EDA SOURCE: Synplicity Inc.

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