Synplicity, Inc. Announces First Quarter 2003 Earnings Webcast

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 7, 2003 — Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP) today announced it will hold a webcast for interested members of the investment community at 2:00 p.m. Pacific on Tuesday, April 22, 2003 to discuss the company’s first quarter 2003 results and business outlook. The company will release earnings after the market close on April 22, 2003.

A live webcast of the call will be available on Synplicity’s Web site at http://www.synplicity.com or at http://www.tfn.com. Following completion of the call, a rebroadcast of the webcast will be available at http://www.synplicity.com through May 31, 2003.

For those without access to the Internet, a replay of the call will be available from 5:00 p.m. Pacific on April 22, 2003 through April 29, 2003. To listen to a replay, call 719-457-0820 access code 418484.

About Synplicity
Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP) is a leading provider of software products that enable the rapid and effective design and verification of semiconductors used in networking and communications, computer and peripheral, consumer and military/aerospace electronics systems. Recognizing the company's industry-leading position, since the year 2000 Dataquest has named Synplicity as the #1 provider of PLD synthesis tools, announcing a 54 percent market share in 2001. Synplicity leverages its innovative logic synthesis, physical synthesis and verification software solutions to improve performance and shorten development time for complex programmable logic devices, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and system-on-chip (SoC) integrated circuits. The company’s fast, easy-to-use products offer high quality of results, support industry-standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. As of December 31, 2002, Synplicity employed over 250 people in its 20 facilities worldwide. Synplicity is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information on Synplicity, visit http://www.synplicity.com.

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