Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS), the world leader in semiconductor design software, today announced the continuation of its Galaxy™ Power seminar series. The technical sessions will demonstrate how to address today's toughest power challenges using new capabilities in Synopsys' Galaxy™ Power solution, including a 2X dynamic and 2X-to-10X leakage power reduction, power network synthesis in design planning, power-aware test synthesis, and ATPG, power analysis, and power integrity sign-off.

"Power management is now mission-critical to our customers' designs," said Antun Domic, senior vice president and general manager of Synopsys' Implementation Group. "Galaxy Power offers the industry's only comprehensive low-power solution today. Our seminars show designers how to use Galaxy Power to their full advantage to realize power-efficient designs."

The Galaxy Power seminar series was successfully launched on April 6 in Tokyo, Japan with a broad range of executive-level and technical attendees and quickly expanded to Europe. The next series of seminars will take place throughout Asia and the USA in July and August, as follows:

July 14, 2004              Seoul, Korea
             July 16, 2004              Hsinchu, Taiwan
             July 20, 2004              Beijing, PRC
             July 22, 2004              Bangalore, India
             August 10, 2004            Marlborough, MA
             August 12, 2004            Ottawa, CAN
             August 17, 2004            San Diego, CA
             August 19, 2004            Austin, TX
             August 24, 2004            Sunnyvale, CA

Interested parties can learn more about the seminar sessions and register online at http://www.synopsys.com/news/events/seminars/power_sem.html .

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. is the world leader in electronic design automation (EDA) software for semiconductor design. The company delivers technology-leading semiconductor design and verification platforms and IC manufacturing software products to the global electronics market, enabling the development and production of complex systems-on-chips (SoCs). Synopsys also provides intellectual property and design services to simplify the design process and accelerate time-to-market for its customers. Synopsys is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has more than 60 offices located throughout North America, Europe, Japan and Asia. Visit Synopsys online at http://www.synopsys.com/ .

NOTE: Synopsys is a registered trademark of Synopsys, Inc. Galaxy is a trademark of Synopsys. All other trademarks or registered trademarks mentioned in this release are the intellectual property of their respective owners.

SOURCE: Synopsys, Inc.

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