# Synplicity

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/synplicity/  
**Website:** https://synplicity.com  
**APIs profiled:** 0

Synplicity, Inc. was a supplier of software for the design of programmable logic devices (FPGAs, PLDs and CPLDs) used in communications, military/aerospace, consumer, semiconductor and computer systems. Its tools provided logic synthesis, physical synthesis, ASIC prototyping and verification for FPGA and DSP designers (Synplify, Synplify Pro, Identify). Synplicity was acquired by Synopsys for approximately $227 million, with the transaction completed on 2008-05-15, and no longer operates as an independent company. The legacy domain synplicity.com now 301-redirects to synopsys.com. This profile was surfaced as a portfolio company of Norwest Venture Partners; it has no independent public API surface to enrich.

## Kin Score — 5.0 / 100 (minimal)

Scored 2026-08-19 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 5.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 0.0 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 0.0 |
| Commercial Clarity | 0.0 |
| Access Clarity | 0.0 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Tags

Company, Electronic Design Automation, EDA, FPGA, Semiconductors, Logic Synthesis, Acquired

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/synplicity/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.