REMINDER/Magma VP Asia-Pacific Operations, Lung Chu, to Give Keynote P

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    Asia Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference

    SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 10, 2005--Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA)



    -- Will Speak on "SoC Design Challenges and Impact on EDA
    Industry"

Who: Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design solutions, announced that Lung Chu, vice president of Asia-Pacific Operations, will present a keynote presentation at the Asia Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference in Shanghai, China.

What: Mr. Chu will provide the keynote address on the second evening of the conference on "SoC Design Challenges and Impact on EDA Industry." This keynote will address topics such as IC industry trends and SoC (system on chip) design challenges, nanometer SoC design goals and EDA vision for SoC design.

When: This keynote presentation will be March 11 at 5:15 p.m. GMT. The conference runs March 10-11.

Where: Shanghai International Convention Center, China, also known as the Oriental Riverside Hotel, 2727 Riverside Avenue Pudong, Shanghai, China 200120.

    About the Conference

    The Asia Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference will concentrate on the significant sectors of the semiconductor market in China, presenting the entire bandwidth of the semiconductor industry in the expanding Chinese market. For more information on the conference, visit www.dgievents.com/events/Semiconductor2005.

    About Magma Design Automation

    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 design planning, prototyping, synthesis, place & route, and signal and power integrity chip design capabilities in a single executable, offering "The Fastest Path from RTL to Silicon"(TM). Magma's software also includes products for advanced physical synthesis and architecture development tools for programmable logic devices (PLDs); 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. All other product and company names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective companies.

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CONTACT: Magma Design Automation Inc. Maxine Bingham, 408-565-7631

KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA CHINA INTERNATIONAL ASIA PACIFIC INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HARDWARE COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS SOFTWARE NETWORKING MANUFACTURING REMINDER TRADESHOW SOURCE: Magma Design Automation Inc.

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