SYNP Synplicity (MM)

Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP), a leading supplier of software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced that Gary Meyers, president and CEO, and John Hanlon, senior vice president of finance and CFO, of Synplicity, Inc., will speak at the 8th Annual Needham & Company, LLC Growth Conference at The New York Palace Hotel in New York on January 11, 2006. A webcast of the presentation will be available on the investor relations page of Synplicity's Web site at http://www.synplicity.com beginning Thursday, January 12th. A replay of the presentation will be available for 30 days following the presentation. About Synplicity Synplicity(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP) is a leading supplier of innovative software solutions that enable the rapid and effective design of complex, high-performance semiconductors. 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, DSP, ASIC prototyping, structured/platform ASIC and cell-based ASIC designers. Synplicity is the first company to deliver customized physical synthesis, analysis and floorplanning solutions for today's leading structured/platform ASICs. In addition, the company is the number one supplier of FPGA synthesis solutions and has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction in 2004 and 2005 in EE Times' Annual FPGA Customer Survey. Synplicity's products support industry-standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. The company employs over 300 people in over 20 facilities worldwide and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information visit http://www.synplicity.com. Synplicity is a registered trademark of Synplicity, Inc. All other brands or products are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners.