Magma Announces Agenda for MUSIC India Users Conference

Technically Rich Program Designed to Help Magma Users Meet Challenges of Nanometer IC Implementation

BANGALORE, India and SAN JOSE, Calif., March 16, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq:LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the final agenda for the MUSIC India users conference in Bangalore on March 30. The program will feature technical presentations given by Magma users and design industry experts. Magma CEO Rajeev Madhavan will deliver a keynote address entitled "The Electronic Ocean."

MUSIC Agenda Focuses on Meeting Today's Analog and Digital Design Challenges

MUSIC provides an open forum for users to gain expertise using Magma's chip design software, and to exchange ideas about and solutions for the challenges of analog and digital integrated circuits and system-on-chip (SoC) designs.

Over the years MUSIC has become a leading venue for Magma users to gather, share and learn best practices and solutions. This year's program covers a range of Magma software capabilities including library characterization, synthesis, placement and routing, floorplanning, power optimization and circuit simulation. Users will share useful tips on how to leverage Magma software to improve results, reduce power, minimize costs and increase productivity.

User presentations will include:

A Solution to Power Optimization using the Magma UPF Flow
Evaluation of SiliconSmart® Library Modeling for Accurate and IR-Drop-Aware Timing Analysis
Optimal Design Methods for Multi-Voltage Domain, Multimillion-Gate SoCs using Talus®
"Honey, I Shrunk the TAT!!" – Implementation of an Extremely Schedule-Critical 45 nm, Multimillion-Gate SoC using Talus 1.1
Early and Efficient Decap and Automatic Power Metal Fill Insertion using Talus
Magma FineSim™ Simulation Verification and Performance for Mixed-Signal/Analog Blocks in Complex SoC Designs
A Convergent Routing Methodology for High-Performance Designs
Predictable Timing Closure for Hierarchical Designs using the Talus® Flow Manager™
Talus Vortex 1.1's Enhanced Router for 28 nm
Case Study of Efficient Design Closure Methodologies in a Timing-Critical and Highly Congested Multicore, Complex SoC
A Minimum-Pulse-Width Measurement Methodology

For the complete MUSIC agenda and to register for the conference visit the Magma website at www.magma-da.com.cn or www.magma-da.com/MUSIC.

About MUSIC

MUSIC – Magma Users Summit on Integrated Circuits – provides a forum for Magma users to exchange ideas, discuss common problems and explore solutions related to the design and manufacturing of integrated circuits, as well as offering users an opportunity to meet with Magma staff and product experts. The MUSIC program covers the key elements of semiconductor design, from system-level design to tapeout, for systems on chips, ASICs and ASSPs. Magma users can register to attend the conference via the Magma website at www.magma-da.com/MUSIC.

Magma, SiliconSmart and Talus are registered trademarks and FineSim and Flow Manager are trademarks of Magma Design Automation Inc. All other product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Forward-looking Statements:

Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements about the features and benefits of Magma's software are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially including but not limited to the ability of Magma's products to produce the desired results and the company's ability to keep pace with rapidly changing technology. Further discussion of these and other potential risk factors may be found in Magma's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). The company undertakes no additional obligation to update these forward-looking statements.

CONTACT: Magma Design Automation Inc.
         Monica Marmie, Director, Marketing Communications
         408-565-7689
         mmarmie@magma-da.com