MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., June 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, will host several customer special events at DAC 2011 in San Diego, Calif. Attendees will get to hear panels of technical industry experts from leading companies speak about real-world semiconductor design, verification and foundry challenges and solutions.

Monday, June 6, 2011
WHAT: IC Compiler Luncheon
TOPIC: Gigascale Designs with IC Compiler
SPEAKERS: Juniper Networks, Lantiq, LSI, Panasonic, Renesas
TIME: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
LOCATION: San Diego Marriott, Marina Ballroom, Salon F

WHAT: IPL Alliance Luncheon
TOPIC: Interoperable PDKs are Here to Stay: New Era of Analog/Custom Innovations
SPEAKERS: TowerJazz, TSMC, STMicroelectronics, Xilinx
TIME: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
LOCATION: San Diego Marriott, Marina Ballroom, Salon D

WHAT: PrimeTime® Special Interest Group (SIG) Reception
TOPIC: Next-generation ECO Guidance Technology
SPEAKERS: Broadcom, Cisco Systems, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, LSI, STMicroelectronics
TIME: 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
LOCATION: San Diego Marriott, Marina Ballroom, Salon F

WHAT: Synopsys/Dell University Reception
SPEAKERS: Jason Cong, UCLA; Kevin Thompson, Synopsys
TIME: 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
LOCATION: San Diego Marriott, Marina Ballroom, Salon D

Tuesday, June 7, 2011
WHAT: ARM/GLOBALFOUNDRIES/Samsung/Synopsys Breakfast
TOPIC: 32nm/28nm Ready...All Aboard!
SPEAKERS: ARM, GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Samsung, Synopsys
TIME: 7:15 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.
LOCATION: San Diego Marriott, Marina Ballroom, Salon F

WHAT: Verification Luncheon
TOPIC: Industry Leaders Verify with Synopsys
SPEAKERS: Cisco, Freescale, MediaTek, Qualcomm, Renesas
TIME: 11:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m.
LOCATION: San Diego Marriott, Marina Ballroom, Salon F

WHAT: AMS Verification Dinner
TOPIC: SPICE Up Your Chip: Achieving Fast, Accurate AMS Verification 
SPEAKERS: AMD, Juniper Networks, nVidia, Qualcomm, Xilinx
TIME: 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
LOCATION: San Diego Marriott, Marina Ballroom, Salon F

Wednesday, June 8, 2011
WHAT: Interoperability Breakfast
TOPIC: On Safari with Custom Design Interoperability & Interconnect Modeling Standards
SPEAKERS: GLOBALFOUNDRIES, LSI, STMicroelectronics, TowerJazz
TIME: 7:30 a.m. to 9:20 a.m.
LOCATION: San Diego Marriott, Marina Ballroom, Salon F

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA), supplying the global electronics market with the software, intellectual property (IP) and services used in semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing. Synopsys' comprehensive, integrated portfolio of implementation, verification, IP, manufacturing and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions helps address the key challenges designers and manufacturers face today, such as power and yield management, system-to-silicon verification and time-to-results. These technology-leading solutions help give Synopsys customers a competitive edge in bringing the best products to market quickly while reducing costs and schedule risk. Synopsys is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has approximately 70 offices located throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Visit Synopsys online at http://www.synopsys.com/.

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Synopsys, Inc.
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