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 Amendment No. 3 to the
Registration Statement (File No. 333-75638) 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
April 29, 2002