Cadence Leadership Prevails at DAC with Visionary Presentations on the Electronic Industry's Hottest Issues

Design Automation Conference

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 2003--Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN) will lead the upcoming Design Automation Conference (DAC) with an impressive line-up of over 20 presentations. At DAC, June 2 through 6, in Anaheim, Calif., Cadence will also showcase the technologies assisting customers around the world navigate today's toughest design-to-volume challenges. Specific opportunities to hear the Cadence vision for the future and attend demonstrations of Cadence technology include: -0-

Cadence-Sponsored Lunch Panel: Outsourcing Design: A Good Thing Or
A Bad Thing? 
Anaheim Convention Center, Room 207 A&B
Monday, June 2
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Moderator: Mike Santarini of EE Times
Panelists: Gary Smith of Gartner/Dataquest; Glenn Dukes of Synopsys; 
Paul Estrada of Cadence; Karla Reynolds of IBM Foundry Operations; 
Ronnie Vasishta of LSI Logic; and, Mike Gianfagna of eSilicon.

Cadence Keynote Speaker: Penny Herscher, Executive VP and Chief
Marketing Officer of Cadence
Workshop for Women in EDA
Anaheim Convention Center, Room 205AB
Monday, June 2
2:00 p.m.

DAC Pavilion Panel: Ask the CTO 
Speaker: Ted Vucurevich, CTO of Cadence 
Anaheim Convention Center, Booth 1372 
Monday, June 2 
1:00-2:00 p.m.

PSL/Sugar Consortium 
Speaker: Stan Krolikoski, Vice President of Cadence's 
Functional-Verification Group 
Anaheim Convention Center, Room 202 A&B 
Tuesday, June 3 
9:00 a.m.

Panel: COT - Customer Owned Trouble? 
Speaker: Aurangzeb Khan, Vice President and General Manager of 
Cadence Silicon Engineering Group
Anaheim Convention Center, Room 207A-D 
Tuesday, June 3 
2:00-4:00 p.m.

Artisan/Cadence Breakfast Event: Enabling SoC Success for
130-Nanometers and Below 
Speaker: Jim McCanny, Technical Marketing Director at Cadence 
Anaheim Convention Center, Room 304 A 
Wednesday, June 4 
7:30-9:00 a.m.

Panel: Mixed Signals on Mixed Signal: The Right Next Technology
Speaker: Kurt Johnson, Services Group Director at Cadence 
Anaheim Convention Center, Room 207A-D 
Wednesday, June 4 
8:30-10:00 a.m.

System-Level Symposium 
Anaheim Convention Center, Room 303 AB
Wednesday, June 4 
12:00-2:00 p.m. 
Moderator: Richard Goering of EE Times 
Panelists: Gary Smith of Gartner/Dataquest; Serge Leef of Mentor
Graphics; and, Stan Krolikoski of Cadence

DAC Pavilion Panel: Platforms-YES, But What Type is Best? 
Speaker: Grant Martin, Cadence Fellow and Chief Technologist for the 
Front End Products/System Level Design and Verification Group 
Anaheim Convention Center, Booth 1460 
Wednesday, June 4 
1:30-2:30 p.m.

Panel: Nanometer Design: Place Your Bets 
Anaheim Convention Center, Room 207A-D 
Wednesday, June 4 
4:30-6:30 p.m. 
Panelists: Louis Scheffer of Cadence; Shekhar Borkar of Intel; John 
Cohn of IBM; Antun Domic of Synopsys; Patrick Groeneveld of Magma 
Design Automation; and, Jean Pierre Schoellkopf of STMicroelectronics.

Cadence Berkeley Labs Keynote Speaker: Alberto L. 
Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, 
Chief Technology Advisor 
The Tides of EDA
Anaheim Convention Center, Ballroom A-C 
Thursday, June 5 
1:00-1:45 p.m.

For additional information about Cadence at DAC visit dac.cadence.com.

About Cadence

Cadence is the world's leader in electronic design technologies, methodology services, and design services. Cadence solutions are used to accelerate and manage the design of semiconductors, computer systems, networking and telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, and a variety of other electronics-based products. With approximately 5,200 employees and 2002 revenues of approximately $1.3 billion, Cadence has sales offices, design centers, and research facilities around the world. The company is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CDN. More information about the company, its products and services is available at www.cadence.com.

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