EXHIBIT 23.1


                    CONSENT OF KPMG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


The Board of Directors
Synopsys, Inc.

We consent to incorporation herein of our reports dated November 17, 2000,
except as to Note 10, which is as of January 4, 2001, relating to the
consolidated balance sheets of Synopsys, Inc. and subsidiaries as of October 31,
2000 and 1999 and September 30, 1999, and the related consolidated statements of
operations, stockholders' equity and comprehensive income (loss), and cash flows
for the year ended October 31, 2000, the one-month period ended October 31,
1999, and each of the years in the two-year period ended September 30, 1999, and
the related consolidated financial statement schedule, which reports appear in
the October 31, 2000, annual report on Form 10-K of Synopsys, Inc.

                                        /s/ KPMG LLP


Mountain View, California
January 17, 2002