ADVISORY/ Cadence Chief Financial Officer Bill Porter To Present At The RBC Capital Markets Software Conference

Business Wire, Oct 25, 2002

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Tuesday (Oct. 29)

--(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 RBC Capital Markets Software
       Conference on Tuesday, October 29 at 10:15 A.M. (Pacific)
       in San Francisco, CA.

WHAT:  You are invited to attend the Webcast of the Cadence
       presentation at the RBC Capital Markets Software Conference.

WHEN:  The on-demand Webcast will be available beginning Tuesday,
       October 29 at 10:15 A.M. (Pacific) / 1:15 P.M. (Eastern)
       and will be posted on the Cadence Web site through Tuesday,
       November 26 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.