Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP) is a leading supplier of innovative software solutions that enable the rapid and effective design of programmable logic devices (FPGAs, PLDs and CPLDs) and are used in a wide range of communications, military/aerospace, consumer, semiconductor, computer, and other electronic systems markets. Synplicity’s tools provide outstanding performance, cost and time-to-market benefits by simplifying, improving and automating key design planning, logic synthesis, physical synthesis and verification functions for FPGA, FPGA-based ASIC prototyping, and DSP designers. Synplicity is the number one supplier of FPGA synthesis solutions and has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction in 2004, 2005, and 2006 in EE Times’ Annual FPGA Customer Survey. Synplicity’s products support industry-standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms

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