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First Trade Date for Synopsys, Inc.

Company Name	First Trade Date (yyyy-mm-dd)
Synopsys, Inc.	1992-02-26

Company Name	Symbol
Synopsys, Inc.	SNPS
History and Business of Company (this information may include date of incorporation)
Synopsys, Inc. (SNPS) supplies electronic design automation (EDA) software to the global electronics industry. The company's products are used by designers of integrated circuits (ICs), including system-on-a-chip ICs, and the electronic products (such as computers, cell phones, and internet routers) that use such ICs to automate significant portions of their chip design process. ICs are distinguished by the speed at which they run, their area, the amount of power they consume and the cost of production. The company's products offer its customers the opportunity to design ICs that are optimized for speed, area, power consumption and production cost, while reducing overall design time. The company also provides consulting services to assist customers with their IC designs, as well as training and support services. SNPS offers a comprehensive suite of logic synthesis and related products that allow an IC designer to describe chip behavior in a high-level language and convert that description into a map of the chip's logic blocks, including circuits that facilitate testing of the chip before it is fabricated. SNPS, as of October 2001, plans on extending its design tools product line to include several products that integrate logic design and physical design. SNPS' high level and physical verification products are used by IC designers in several stages of the IC design process to ensure that the resulting IC performs the function that the designer intended. SNPS' simulation products permit IC designers to simulate their designs and to explore tradeoffs between incorporating functionality in hardware or software. The company also offers a line of software tools to analyze power, timing and reliability concerns in an IC design at the RTL, gate and transistor levels. The company's IP products also include software and hardware models, which are used to test an IC design within the context of the system in which the IC will eventually be used. SNPS offers a full range of professional services to help customers improve their internal design methodologies, as well as design services ranging from specialized assistance to turnkey design. On July 2, 2001, the company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with IKOS Systems, Inc., which manufactures hardware- assisted verification systems. The merger is expected to take place in August 2002. On Dec. 3, 2001, the company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with Avant] Corp., which makes EDA software principally serving the physical design portion of the market. INCORPORATED in Delaware Aug. 27, 1987, to succeed a concern incorporated in North Carolina Dec. 18, 1986. OFFICE- 700 East Middlefield Road, Mountain View, CA, USA 94043 (Tel.: 650-962- 5000). Fax - 650-965-8637. WEBSITE-http://www.synopsys.com.

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