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                                  EXHIBIT 23.2



                        Consent of Independent Auditors


The Board of Directors
Synopsys, Inc.



We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-8 of Synopsys, Inc. of our reports dated October 18, 1996, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Synopsys, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September
30, 1995 and 1996, and the related consolidated statements of income,
stockholders' equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year
period ended September 30, 1996, and the related schedule, which reports appear
or are incorporated by reference in the September 30, 1996, annual report on
Form 10-K of Synopsys, Inc.




/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Palo Alto, California
March 3, 1997