Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq:SYNP), a leading supplier of software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced its revolutionary new Identify� Pro ASIC and ASSP verification solution. The Identify Pro software, featuring Synplicity�s TotalRecall� technology, provides designers with full visibility into FPGA-based ASIC and ASSP prototypes enabling them to find, fix and verify functional errors at speeds approaching that of the final device. Identify Pro software improves the productivity of existing verification methodologies, such as assertion-based verification and simulation, resulting in a significantly reduced overall verification time with improved verification coverage and quality. Working with popular simulation tools, such as Synopsys� VCS, (See today�s related announcement, �Synopsys and Synplicity Establish Alliance to Advance High-Performance ASIC Verification�) the Identify Pro solution automatically connects the prototype hardware with an existing software simulation environment in a transparent and seamless manner for comprehensive RTL code analysis and debug. The Identify Pro software provides initialization of the simulator and automatically creates a test bench from the actual stimulus of the FPGA-based prototype, giving designers a verification solution that is orders of magnitude faster in performance than any other ASIC verification methodology. �Identify Pro ushers in a new era of hardware-assisted verification and it is one of the cornerstones of our ASIC and ASSP verification strategy,� said Juergen Jaeger, senior director of ASIC verification marketing at Synplicity. �As ASICs become bigger, more costly and more software-centric, it is critical for the design team to be able to effectively detect and analyze bugs that otherwise would be missed until final silicon. The Identify Pro software reduces this risk significantly by giving designers full visibility into their design running at hardware speed in an FPGA-based prototype. In case of an assertion, or other trigger, the design, together with an automatically generated test bench, is uploaded into a simulator for detailed debug and analysis. By combining the visibility of a simulator with the speed of hardware, the Identify Pro software provides a true breakthrough in ASIC verification.� The Identify Pro software allows ASIC and ASSP designers, using an FPGA-based prototype system, to functionally debug their design at hardware speed, directly in their RTL source code. This allows functional verification for RTL designs that is up to 10,000 times faster than RTL simulators and enables the use of �real-world� stimulus, making it an ideal verification platform for applications like networking, audio, video, and all designs with large amounts of software content. Used in conjunction with Synplicity�s Synplify� Premier physical synthesis tool, the Identify Pro software enables assertion synthesis into hardware and assertion debug. The Identify Pro software offers the fastest method of finding errors in an FPGA or ASIC prototype by using live stimulus to quickly reach a trigger condition such as a functional bug or assertion failure. By using advanced triggering capabilities, including assertions that are inserted into the RTL source code, design problems are found that could take a simulator days or weeks to uncover. Once a functional bug or assertion failure is found, the Identify Pro tool�s TotalRecall technology is used to initialize a standard software simulator with all signal and state values at a user-defined number of clock cycles prior to the trigger being reached. The complete module state, along with a test bench, is automatically exported to an RTL simulator where the user can replay the sequence and diagnose bugs in the original RTL source code. The Identify Pro product is ideal for ASIC verification teams using FPGA hardware as it allows them to quickly find functional errors in their design. With the coverage of real-world data and the speed of real hardware, the Identify Pro tool provides a comprehensive verification environment for finding, fixing, and verifying functional errors in FPGA and ASIC designs. Identify Pro Pricing and Availability The Identify Pro software, featuring the TotalRecall technology, will be available for early adopters in the third quarter of 2007. Prices range from $34,500 (USD)�for a one-year time-based license to $69,000 (USD) for a perpetual, floating license. About Synplicity 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) that serve 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 verification, and DSP designers. Synplicity is the number one supplier of FPGA synthesis solutions and has been rated #1 in customer satisfaction since 2004 in EE Times' Annual FPGA Customer Survey. Synplicity products support industry-standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. The company operates in over 20 facilities worldwide and 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, achievements, benefits and market position of the Identify Pro software. In some cases, you will be able to identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as �may,� �will,� �should,� �expects,� �can,� �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 results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, including the performance and benefits of Synplicity�s software relative to relevant industry methods, standards, design flaws, design difficulties or other problems with the Identify Pro software, and the growth and changing technical requirements in the FPGA and ASIC markets. 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, 2006 and Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2007 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as well as other periodic reports filed with the SEC from time to time. 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, Identify, and Synplify are registered trademarks of Synplicity Inc. TotalRecall is a trademark of Synplicity. All other names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their owners. 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