Achronix Selects Synopsys as Its Leading EDA Partner

Expanded Agreement Supports Achronix's Product Roadmap

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Synopsys, Inc.
(Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design,
verification and manufacturing, today announced that Achronix Semiconductor
Corporation, maker of ultra-fast field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), has
signed an expanded business agreement to establish Synopsys as its leading EDA
partner for the design of its next-generation FPGAs. As a result of the new
multi-year agreement, Achronix has consolidated on Synopsys' Galaxy(TM)
Implementation and Discovery(TM) Verification Platforms throughout their
internal development and design flow.

"After an exhaustive evaluation, we selected Synopsys' integrated tool suite
for their leading support of advanced processes and their flexible customer
support capability," said John Lofton Holt, founder, chairman and CEO, of
Achronix. "By leveraging an integrated Synopsys flow, we can more efficiently
drive our designs towards advanced process nodes and maintain our path of
delivering unprecedented FPGA performance to our customers."

With this expanded agreement, Achronix has chosen products across Synopsys'
broad portfolio, including IC Compiler place-and-route technology; Design
Compiler(R) Ultra synthesis; Formality(R) power-aware equivalence checking;
PrimeTime(R) SI signal integrity analysis ; Star-RCXT(TM) parasitic
extraction; Hercules(TM) physical verification; TetraMAX(R) automatic test
pattern generation; the VCS(R) MX, HSPICE(R), and HSIM(R) simulators for
analog and digital verification; and DesignWare(R) Library's portfolio of
synthesizable and verification IP.

"Achronix's focus on delivering leading-edge chips that combine the speed of
ASICs with the flexibility of FPGAs is an excellent match to Synopsys' broad
technology portfolio," said John Chilton, senior vice president of marketing
and strategic development at Synopsys. "We look forward to helping them
continue to innovate with unique programmable solutions at breakthrough levels
of performance."

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq:SNPS) is a world leader in electronic design automation
(EDA), supplying the global electronics market with the software, intellectual
property (IP) and services used in semiconductor design, verification and
manufacturing. Synopsys' comprehensive, integrated portfolio of
implementation, verification, IP, manufacturing and field-programmable gate
array (FPGA) solutions helps address the key challenges designers and
manufacturers face today, such as power and yield management,
software-to-silicon verification and time-to-results. These technology-leading
solutions help give Synopsys customers a competitive edge in bringing the best
products to market quickly while reducing costs and schedule risk. Synopsys is
headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has more than 65 offices
located throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Visit
Synopsys online at http://www.synopsys.com/.

Synopsys, Design Compiler, DesignWare, Discovery, Formality, Galaxy, Hercules,
HSIM, HSPICE, PrimeTime, Star-RCXT, TetraMAX and VCS are registered trademarks
or trademarks of Synopsys, Inc. Any other trademarks or registered trademarks
mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective
owners.

Editorial Contact:
Yvette Huygen
Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-4547
yvetteh@synopsys.com

Investor Contact:
Lisa Ewbank
Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-1901

SOURCE Synopsys, Inc.

editorial, Yvette Huygen of Synopsys, Inc., +1-650-584-4547,
yvetteh@synopsys.com, or investors, Lisa Ewbank, +1-650-584-1901, both of
Synopsys, Inc.