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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1

                     REPORT ON FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULE

The Board of Directors
Synopsys, Inc.:

     Under the date of October 23, 1999, we reported on the consolidated balance
sheets of Synopsys, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September 30, 1999 and 1998, 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, 1999.
In connection with our audits of the aforementioned consolidated financial
statements, we also audited the related consolidated financial statement
schedule as listed in the accompanying index. This financial statement schedule
is the responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on this financial statement schedule based on our audits.

     In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in
relation to the basic consolidated financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein.

                                          KPMG LLP

Mountain View, California
October 23, 1999