ADVISORY/Synplicity Presents ``Breakthroughs in ASIC Synthesis Productivity''; Free NetSeminar to be Held November 7, 2001.

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ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Nov. 7)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP)

WHAT: John Gallagher, director of ASIC synthesis marketing at
Synplicity Inc., will present a free one-hour NetSeminar titled
"Breakthroughs in ASIC Synthesis Productivity." Gallagher will discuss
how design teams can achieve the highest productivity ASIC synthesis.
He will also detail limitations in current approaches and how they can
be overcome with the Synplify ASIC(TM) software, particularly in the
areas of runtime, timing closure and training. The summary of this
session will include a checklist designers can use to review their own
synthesis strategies to target areas for improvement.

WHEN:  Wednesday, November 7, 2001 at 6:30 a.m. PST and 11:00 a.m. PST

WHERE: ENEN.com will broadcast this live interactive event over the
Internet. To register for the 6:30 a.m. PST NetSeminar, log on to
http://www.netseminar.com/index.cgi?sem_num=538
To register for the 11:00 a.m. PST NetSeminar, log on to
http://www.netseminar.com/index.cgi?sem_num=539

Following the seminars, Gallagher's presentation can be seen online
at: http://www.netseminar.com/index.cgi/archive2.htm

ABOUT THE SPEAKER: John Gallagher is the director of marketing for
Synplicity's ASIC synthesis technologies. Prior to joining Synplicity
in 1999, Gallagher served as director of place and route marketing at
Cadence Design Systems. He has also held ASIC marketing positions at
LSI Logic and Hewlett-Packard. Gallagher holds a bachelor's of science
in engineering and an MBA from Cornell University.

WHO: 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 September 30,
2001, Synplicity employed 265 people in its 16 facilities worldwide.
Synplicity is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif.

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