Bernard Aronson, President and CEO of Synplicity, to Present at SG Cowen Technology Conference

SUNNYVALE, Calif., August 28, 2003 — Synplicity, Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP), a leading supplier of software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced that Bernard Aronson, president and CEO of Synplicity, will be a featured speaker at the SG Cowen 31st Annual Fall Technology Conference in Boston. Mr. Aronson will speak on Wednesday, September 3, 2003. The live webcast will be available on the investor relations page of Synplicity’s Web site at http://www.synplicity.com at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time on September 3, 2003. The replay of the webcast will be available for five business days following the presentation.

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, the last year for which data is available. 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), Structured 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 June 30, 2003, Synplicity employed over 260 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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