Ingolstadt and Rome – May 5, 2010 – Telit Wireless Solutions will be equipping the new Audi A8 with UMTS/HSDPA-based broadband communications modules. The company has announced today that the new, third-generation “MMI Navigation plus” infotainment system will offer the UC864-E-AUTO Telit automotive module as an optional feature starting in summer of 2010. This will give Audi customers the ability to make and receive telephone calls as well as use mobile Internet and other innovative online services.

In the high-end car market particularly, infotainment systems are becoming an increasingly critical differentiating feature among competing brands. The convenient connection of mobile devices, such as telephones, media players, or media storage to the infotainment system, coupled with the mobile connection of the vehicle to the Internet, places tough demands on individual technology components and their integration. With its connected MMI Navigation plus infotainment system, Audi also reaffirms its innovative leadership position in the field of online communications.

The MMI Navigation plus with MMI touch is the central control unit for quick and simple access to all infotainment functions. The system not only boasts the familiar functions of 3D-hard-drive navigation, telephone and media functions including 20 Gigabytes of free memory, CD/DVD drive, and integrated speech dialog system with multi-slot input, but now also features – for the first time – an innovative touchpad for handwriting recognition.

With the optionally-available “Bluetooth Autotelefon online,” the UMTS/HSDPA module UC864-E-AUTO from Telit is now being integrated completely into the MMI system. Along with premium voice-controlled telephony via the Bluetooth SIM access profile or the plug-in SIM card, the system now also offers broadband mobile Internet access inside the car as standard. The application of this feature is twofold. The first being the channelling into the car of Audi online services such as point of interest searches, destination uploading to the car from home, retrieval of weather forecast information, travel information and news headlines, as well as Google Earth online satellite maps. The second being the functionality of an Internet access point which can be used by passengers with mobile wireless LAN devices in the form of a “rolling hotspot.”

The UC864-E-AUTO is a single-band UMTS/HSDPA and quad-band EDGE module developed especially for the needs of the automotive industry. The module provides an ultra-fast data transfer of up to 7.2 Megabits/s at 2100 MHz. Thanks to its extremely compact size and extended temperature range to comply with automotive standards, it fits perfectly within the cramped physical confines of the vehicle.

“The UC864-AUTO is the world’s first UMTS/HSDPA module to enable a mobile broadband connection for cars to the Internet. It is therefore the centerpiece in the development of next generation Telematics and infotainment systems,” said Dominikus Hierl, Managing Director Strategic Accounts & Corporate Business Development at Telit Communications PLC. “We’re immensely proud that our module has proven its ability and has become a pivotal component of such a fascinating and innovative system as the MMI Navigation plus from Audi.”

About Telit

Telit Wireless Solutions, Inc., is an internationally leading specialist in wireless machine-to-machine (M2M) technology. Telit is the only company worldwide to offer communications modules for all of the various wireless technologies: it develops, produces and markets modules for GSM/GPRS, UMTS/WEDGE/HSDPA, CDMA and short-range RF applications. M2M applications rationalise business processes by enabling machines, equipment and vehicles to communicate with each other via mobile networks.

Telit products are used all over the world and marketed via offices in Brazil, China, Denmark, Germany, France, the UK, Israel, Italy, Korea, Spain, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey and the USA. Partners can obtain Telit modules globally. Telit Communications PLC is listed on AIM (ticker: TCM).

Further information about Telit and its products can be found at www.telit.com.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 5, 2010 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the availability of IC Compiler 2010.03, a physical implementation solution delivering up to 2.5X faster performance on multicorner/multimode (MCMM) designs, and enhanced In-Design technology for faster design closure. IC Compiler’s In-Design technology helps prevent late-stage surprises by enabling signoff-accurate static timing analysis, rail analysis and physical verification during design. The new software release has production support for all known 28/32nm design rules for major foundries, with several customer tapeouts underway.

“We are a market leader in high performance, multi-core processors for networking, wireless, storage and video markets,” said Anil Jain, corporate vice president of IC engineering at Cavium Networks. “Signoff correlation and turnaround times are very important aspects for physical implementation. Early results show that IC Compiler 2010.03 is delivering more than 3X faster runtimes compared to our previous tapeout flow. Improvements like this drove our decision to make IC Compiler our physical implementation standard.”

IC Compiler 2010.03 offers performance improvements across the board. It provides 2X faster time to initial floorplan creation and on-demand loading, which offers 2X to 3X faster time to final floorplan creation. IC Compiler 2010.03 also includes 2X faster pre-route feasibility engines and generates interactive reports that help significantly reduce iterative cycles during early stages of design. Faster MCMM scenario processing, core engine improvements and multimode clock tree synthesis deliver faster timing convergence.

Traditional implement-then-verify approaches result in lengthy design iterations due to late-stage surprises. IC Compiler’s In-Design technology dramatically reduces such iterations by enabling signoff accurate analysis and physical verification during design. In-Design enhancements in the 2010.03 release include dynamic rail analysis with PrimeRail and DRC auto fixing with IC Validator. The 2010.03 release introduces a new leakage optimisation engine capable of handling more than 20 leakage variants. This is achieved by using In-Design technology with PrimeTime® to deliver considerable leakage reduction while preserving signoff timing. This capability, combined with advances in post-route leakage optimisation and MCMM leakage scenario optimisation, enables IC Compiler 2010.03 to deliver double the leakage savings in half the time.

“Customers like Cavium continue to push design complexity and schedule,” said Antun Domic, senior vice president and general manager, Synopsys Implementation Group. “With the latest release of IC Compiler, we have delivered significant technology innovations to provide differentiated results.  This release marks an important milestone in our collaboration with Cavium to enable a substantial reduction in turnaround times.”

IC Compiler 2010.03 is available today and includes a quad-core license enabling multi-core processing as a standard feature.

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, software-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 more than 65 offices located throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Visit Synopsys online athttp://www.synopsys.com/.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 5, 2010 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced the availability of IC Compiler 2010.03, a physical implementation solution delivering up to 2.5X faster performance on multicorner/multimode (MCMM) designs, and enhanced In-Design technology for faster design closure. IC Compiler’s In-Design technology helps prevent late-stage surprises by enabling signoff-accurate static timing analysis, rail analysis and physical verification during design. The new software release has production support for all known 28/32nm design rules for major foundries, with several customer tapeouts underway.

“We are a market leader in high performance, multi-core processors for networking, wireless, storage and video markets,” said Anil Jain, corporate vice president of IC engineering at Cavium Networks. “Signoff correlation and turnaround times are very important aspects for physical implementation. Early results show that IC Compiler 2010.03 is delivering more than 3X faster runtimes compared to our previous tapeout flow. Improvements like this drove our decision to make IC Compiler our physical implementation standard.”

IC Compiler 2010.03 offers performance improvements across the board. It provides 2X faster time to initial floorplan creation and on-demand loading, which offers 2X to 3X faster time to final floorplan creation. IC Compiler 2010.03 also includes 2X faster pre-route feasibility engines and generates interactive reports that help significantly reduce iterative cycles during early stages of design. Faster MCMM scenario processing, core engine improvements and multimode clock tree synthesis deliver faster timing convergence.

Traditional implement-then-verify approaches result in lengthy design iterations due to late-stage surprises. IC Compiler’s In-Design technology dramatically reduces such iterations by enabling signoff accurate analysis and physical verification during design. In-Design enhancements in the 2010.03 release include dynamic rail analysis with PrimeRail and DRC auto fixing with IC Validator. The 2010.03 release introduces a new leakage optimisation engine capable of handling more than 20 leakage variants. This is achieved by using In-Design technology with PrimeTime® to deliver considerable leakage reduction while preserving signoff timing. This capability, combined with advances in post-route leakage optimisation and MCMM leakage scenario optimisation, enables IC Compiler 2010.03 to deliver double the leakage savings in half the time.

“Customers like Cavium continue to push design complexity and schedule,” said Antun Domic, senior vice president and general manager, Synopsys Implementation Group. “With the latest release of IC Compiler, we have delivered significant technology innovations to provide differentiated results.  This release marks an important milestone in our collaboration with Cavium to enable a substantial reduction in turnaround times.”

IC Compiler 2010.03 is available today and includes a quad-core license enabling multi-core processing as a standard feature.

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, software-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 more than 65 offices located throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Visit Synopsys online at http://www.synopsys.com/.