ADVISORY/Cadence Chief Financial Officer Bill Porter To Present At The Morgan Stanley Semiconductor & Systems Conference

Business Wire, March 1, 2002

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Morgan Stanley Semiconductor & Systems Conference

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (March 5)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

WHO:            Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN) today
                announced that Senior Vice President and Chief
                Financial Officer Bill Porter will present at the
                Morgan Stanley Semiconductor & Systems Conference on
                Tuesday, March 5 at 9:15 A.M. (Pacific) in Dana Point,
                CA.

WHAT:           You are invited to attend the Webcast of the Cadence
                presentation at the Morgan Stanley Semiconductor &
                Systems Conference.

WHEN:           The on-demand Webcast will be available beginning
                Tuesday, March 5, 2002 at 9:15 A.M. (Pacific) / 12:15
                P.M. (Eastern) and will be posted on the Cadence Web
                site through Tuesday, April 2 at 5:00 P.M. (Pacific).

WHERE:          You may access the Webcast at
                http://www.cadence.com/company/investor_relations.

REQUIREMENTS:   Minimum requirements to listen to the Webcast include
                at least a 14.4K bps connection to the Internet.