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8 June 2009

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Synopsys Enables System Design Interoperability With System-Level Catalyst Program

Synopsys, Inc. announced its System-Level Catalyst Program to accelerate the adoption of system-level design and verification. Open to electronic design automation (EDA) vendors, intellectual property (IP) vendors, embedded software companies and service providers, the program is designed to benefit mutual customers by advancing tool and model interoperability as well as availability of system-level models and services. Members of the System-Level Catalyst Program gain access to Synopsys system-level and rapid prototyping products such as Innovator, DesignWare® System-Level Library, System Studio, Synplify® DSP and the Confirma™ platform. System-Level Catalyst Program members may also use the Synopsys System-Level Catalyst logo with their products or services to indicate system-level interoperability.

The System-Level Catalyst Program provides members tool access to validate and demonstrate interoperability or to support customers:

•  IP Providers and EDA vendors get access to and support for Synopsys tool and library offerings to validate and demonstrate interoperability of system-level models of their IP and their tool solutions.

•  Embedded software vendors get access to Synopsys' Innovator and DesignWare System-Level Library to validate and demonstrate interoperability of debuggers.

•  Qualifying embedded software developers who specialize in the development of drivers and software for Synopsys DesignWare Cores get access to virtual platforms and Confirma rapid prototyping platforms for software development prior to silicon availability.

•  Training and services companies can help system-level teams rapidly adopt the best practices for system-level design, virtual platforms, digital signal processing and FPGA based rapid prototyping.

Founding members of the System-Level Catalyst program include: Agilent EEsof, Altera, ARC International, Carbon Design Systems, Cebatech, ChipVision Design Systems, Cofluent Design, CoWare, CriticalBlue, Doulos, Emsys, Enterpoint, Forte Design Systems, GreenSocs, IBM, Imperas, JEDA Technologies, Jungo, Lauterbach, MCCI, NoBug, SDV Ltd., Steepest Ascent, Synfora, Target Compiler, Tensilica, VaST Systems and Xilinx.

"The system-level market's growth and our customers' adoption of system-level methodologies have been limited by severe market fragmentation and lack of model and tools interoperability," said George Zafiropoulos, vice president of Solutions Marketing at Synopsys. "With the System-Level Catalyst Program Synopsys is helping open up the system-level market to mainstream adoption, enabling new levels of interoperability."

To learn more about what Synopsys System-Level Catalyst members are saying about the benefits of the program, please go to http://www.synopsys.com/slcatalyst_quotes.

About System-Level Catalyst Program

The Synopsys System-Level Catalyst Program provides members access to Synopsys system-level products, enabling the development and support of program members' respective system-level tools, models, training and services. Open to electronic design automation (EDA) vendors, intellectual property (IP) vendors, embedded software companies and service providers, the program is designed to benefit mutual customers by advancing tool and model interoperability as well as availability of system-level models and services.

For more information please go to http://www.synopsys.com/slcatalyst.

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