Exhibit 23.2


                   CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


Board of Directors
Avant! Corporation:


We hereby consent to the use of our reports dated February 12, 2001, except as
to Note 16, which is as of March 23, 2001 included in the Registration Statement
on Form S-4 of Synopsys, Inc. relating to the consolidated balance sheets of
Avant! Corporation, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2000 and 1999, and
the related consolidated statements of earnings, stockholders' equity and
comprehensive income, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended December 31, 2000, and the related financial statement schedule
which reports appear in the December 31, 2000 annual report on Form 10-K of
Avant! Corporation.

We also consent to the reference to us under the heading "Experts".


/s/ KPMG LLP
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KPMG LLP


Mountain View, California
December 20, 2001