ADVISORY/Magma President Roy E. Jewell to Speak at JPMorgan Technology

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    JPMorgan 33rd Annual Technology Conference

    SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2005--Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA)

Who: Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of semiconductor design software, announced that President Roy E. Jewell will speak at the JPMorgan Technology Conference.

When: Mr. Jewell will speak May 17 at 2 p.m. PDT.

Where: The Westin St. Francis hotel in San Francisco is the venue for the conference, which runs May 16-19.

Webcast: Mr. Jewell's presentation will be broadcast live on the Internet and can be accessed from the Magma website at http://investor.magma-da.com/medialist.cfm. A replay of the webcast will be available on Magma's website following the conclusion of the live event.

    About Magma

    Magma provides leading software for designing highly complex integrated circuits while maximizing Quality of Results with respect to area, timing and power, and at the same time reducing overall design cycles and costs. Magma provides a complete RTL-to-GDSII design flow that includes prototyping, synthesis, place & route, and signal and power integrity chip design capabilities, capacitance extraction, design for test (DFT), physical verification (DRC/LVS), static and statistical timing analysis, and characterization and modeling in a single executable, offering "The Fastest Path from RTL to Silicon"(TM). Magma's software also includes products for advanced logical, physical synthesis and architecture development tools for programmable logic devices (PLDs), FPGAs and Structured ASICs; capacitance extraction; and characterization and modeling. The company's stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LAVA. Visit Magma Design Automation on the Web at www.magma-da.com.

    Magma is a registered trademark and "The Fastest Path from RTL to Silicon" is a trademark of Magma Design Automation Inc. All other product and company names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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CONTACT: Magma Design Automation Monica Marmie, 408-565-7689 monical@magma-da.com

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA TRACK INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS TELECOMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE NETWORKING TRADESHOW ADVISORY EDA SOURCE: Magma Design Automation Inc.

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