For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – September 16, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Synopsys Inc. (SNPS), Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSM), Home Depot Inc. (HD), Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc. (MSO) and Lowe Co.s Inc. (LOW).

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Here are highlights from Tuesday’s Analyst Blog:

Synopsys Moves On

Synopsys Inc. (SNPS) recently announced the addition of a new major customer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSM). The latter has adopted Synopsys' HSIM hierarchical FastSPICE circuit simulator for its sub-40-nanometer, memory intellectual property

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Synopsys Inc. (SNPS) recently announced the addition of a new major customer, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSM). The latter has adopted Synopsys' HSIM hierarchical FastSPICE circuit simulator for its sub-40-nanometer, memory intellectual property characterization flow.  The HSIM technology will be used in TSM's advanced SRAM compilers for improvement in timing and power simulation techniques. It will also facilitate the process of full chip simulation process.  This new technology from Synopsys will help TSM improve memory characterization efficiency by almost 10 times. TSM has adopted this technology, as the Synopsys’ technology is expected to be superior to those offered by other software and semiconductor companies.  We are encouraged by Synopsys' new technologies and its ability to attract new and important customers, which should improve the company's revenue and cash flows going forward.  Synopsis has also been returning cash to investors. Recently, the company declared ...