Synplicity Promotes Jim Lovas to Vice President, North American Sales

SUNNYVALE, Calif., September 13, 2004 — Synplicity Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP), a leading supplier of software for the design and verification of semiconductors, today announced the promotion of Jim Lovas to vice president, North American sales. In his new role, Lovas will oversee Synplicity’s North American sales team. His responsibilities will include achieving Synplicity’s North America sales objective, continuing the company’s successful penetration into the ASIC market, and expanding Synplicity’s leading market share position in FPGA synthesis. Lovas will report to Gary Meyers, Synplicity’s president and chief operating officer. The promotion is effective October 1, 2004.

Lovas has more than 20 years of experience in the EDA and semiconductor industries. He joined Synplicity in 1999 as senior account manager, and in 2002, was promoted to director, Northeast area sales, located in Boston. Prior to Synplicity, Lovas was the Eastern area director at Summit Design, and also held senior sales and AE manager positions at Zycad Corporation.  Lovas began his career as an ASIC designer at ITT Avionics.  He holds a BSEE from the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and an MSCS from the Steven’s Institute of Technology.

“During his tenure at Synplicity, Jim has transformed the Eastern area sales group into a model of efficiency and proper sales execution,” said Gary Meyers, president and COO of Synplicity. “We are very fortunate to have Jim step into this crucial role.”

Lovas added, “ I'm honored and privileged to lead the most talented and experienced North American sales team in EDA. Synplicity has a bright future, and I'm excited to be a part of it.”

About Synplicity
Synplicity® Inc. (Nasdaq: SYNP) is a leading supplier of innovative synthesis, verification and physical implementation software solutions that enable the rapid and effective design and verification of semiconductors. Synplicity’s high-quality, high-performance tools significantly reduce costs and time-to-market for FPGA, Structured/Platform ASIC and cell-based/COT ASIC designers. The company’s underlying Behavior Extracting Synthesis Technology® (BEST™), which is embedded in its logical, physical and verification tools, and has led to Synplicity’s top position in FPGA synthesis, now provides the same fast runtimes and quality of results to ASIC and COT customers. The company’s fast, easy-to-use products support industry standard design languages (VHDL and Verilog) and run on popular platforms. Synplicity employs over 280 people in its 20 facilities worldwide. Synplicity is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. For more information visit http://www.synplicity.com.

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