ADVISORY/Cadence Chief Financial Officer Bill Porter to Present at the Lehman Brothers Semiconductor & Computer Systems Conference

Business Wire, Nov 18, 2002

News/Assignment Editors

Lehman Brothers Semiconductor & Computer Systems Conference

ADVISORY...for Wednesday (Nov. 20)

--(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 Lehman Brothers Semiconductor & Computer
        Systems Conference on Wednesday, November 20 at 11:00 A.M.
        (Pacific) in San Francisco, CA.

WHAT:   You are invited to attend the Webcast of the Cadence
        presentation at the Lehman Brothers Semiconductor & Computer
        Systems Conference.

WHEN:   The on-demand Webcast will be available beginning Wednesday,
        November 20 at 11:00 A.M. (Pacific) / 2:00 P.M. (Eastern) and
        will be posted on the Cadence Web site through Wednesday,
        December 18 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.