SYNOPSYS TAKES OVER HPL TECHNOLOGIES

channel-e, Europe
Oct 4 2005

Synopsys has taken over the Californiain HPL Technologies for a sum
of 13 million US$. HPL was founded in 1998 and offers software for
efficiency management as well as Test Chip solutions for semiconductor
and display production. Synopsis had already bought a participation of
29.9% of the company in June 2004. The end of year results of HPL in
March showed a turnover of 9.8 m US$ and a net loss of 9.4 m US$. The
European branches are situated in France and Armenia.

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