Magma's Rajeev Madhavan to Give Keynote Address at ASP-DAC 2005

    Business Editors/High-Tech Editors
    10th Annual ASP-DAC 2005

    SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2005--Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA):

Who: Magma(R) Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design solutions, announced that Rajeev Madhavan, chairman and chief executive officer, will present a keynote address at the 10th annual ASP-DAC 2005.

What: Mr. Madhavan will speak on "Silicon Compilation: The Answer to Reducing IC Development Costs."

When: Jan. 20 at 9 a.m. ASP-DAC 2005 will run Jan. 18-21, 2005.

Where: Hotel Equatorial, Shanghai, China.

For more information on the conference, visit www.aspdac2005.com.

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

    Magma is a registered 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 maxine@magma-da.com

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

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