ADVISORY/Monterey Design Systems at the Electronic Design and Solutions Fair 2003.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

ADVISORY...for Thursday and Friday (Jan. 30 and 31)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Monterey Design Systems will be demonstrating the company's entire suite of IC design planning, physical synthesis and prototyping, and physical implementation products at the Electronic Design and Solutions Fair 2003 on January 30th and 31st in Pacifico Yokohama, Japan.

Product demonstrations will be offered for each of the company's products: IC Wizard(TM) hierarchical design planner, Sonar(TM) physical synthesis and prototyper, and Dolphin(R) physical implementation system.

Visit us and find out why leading Japanese semiconductor companies such as Toshiba, Canon, Fujitsu, and NEC have chosen Monterey for their latest, most advanced IC designs.

http://www.montereydesign.com/newsevents/press/2003_01_27.html (Toshiba)

http://www.montereydesign.com/newsevents/press/2002_09_18.html (Fujitsu)

http://www.montereydesign.com/newsevents/press/2002_06_04.html (Canon)

http://www.montereydesign.com/customers/success_nec_video.htm (NEC)

Find out more about the Electronic Design and Solutions Fair 2003 at:

http://www.edsfair.com/frame.html (Japanese)

http://www.edsfair.com/e_frame.html (English)

Who:        Monterey Design Systems

What:       Product demonstrations at the Electronic Design and
            Solutions Fair 2003

When:       January 30 and 31, 2003

Where:      Pacifico Yokohama, Japan

About Monterey Design Systems: Monterey Design Systems provides electronic design automation software that enables integrated circuit designers to take their circuits from completed logic design to manufacturing ready output. Built to handle the most demanding semiconductor process requirements, the company's products -- IC Wizard(TM) hierarchical design planner, Sonar(TM) physical synthesis and prototyper, and Dolphin(R) physical implementation system -- combine to provide the most streamlined physical design flow on the market. Monterey Design Systems is privately held and partners with other leading EDA companies, such as Cadence (NYSE:CDN) and Synopsys (Nasdaq:SNPS), to ensure interoperability in all existing design flows. Key customers include Toshiba, LSI Logic, STMicroelectronics, Fujitsu Ltd., Flextronics Semiconductor, and NEC Electronics. Monterey Design Systems is located at 894 Ross Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1443, tel: [phone], fax: [phone], http://www.montereydesign.com.