Cadence Launches Wireless Design Service.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 1999--

Startups to Multinationals Enlist Cadence Experts to Boost

Time-to-Market In Wireless Product Development -- Industry

Unveiling at CTIA Booth 1764, February 8-10, New Orleans

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:CDN), the world's largest provider of electronic design software and services, today introduced its new Wireless Design Group specializing in multiple areas of wireless design.

The group is part of the Cadence Design Services Network, a global resource of more than 1,000 talented engineers throughout the world.

"Cadence's experience and resources clearly set it apart when it comes to providing comprehensive design services to the wireless industry," said Brent Hudson, Cadence vice president, Wireless Design Group. "Pairing our world-class design techniques and technology with a customer's own internal resources is clearly the best way to positively impact time-to-market."

The Cadence Wireless Design Group's service offerings include complete product, subsystem, and IC design, with areas of specialization in several established and burgeoning markets, including:

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     Digital Cellular: 2G technologies (GSM, TDMA, CDMA), and 3G
     technologies (W-CDMA, UMTS, cdma2000)

     Digital Cordless: DECT, PHS, PWT

     Wireless Data: 802.11, HomeRF, HiperLAN, Bluetooth

     Messaging: FLEX/ReFLEX

     Satellite

     Global Positioning Systems

     Details on the Cadence Wireless Design Group and contact
information are available online at: http://www.cadence.com/design/.

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History

Cadence's Wireless Design Group is built upon a legacy of leading design technologies and practices. The Alta Group was a pioneer in the software simulation of wireless systems, out of which came extensive wireless expertise. This expertise served as the basis for the Wireless Design Group.

In addition, wireless design capabilities have been significantly enhanced through a series of strategic acquisitions, including the addition of U.K-based Symbionics' 140-person team in April 1998 (http://www.cadence.com/press_box/releases/symbionics.html).

"Partnering with Cadence allows companies to expand into new markets," said Mark O'Connor, senior analyst, The Yankee Group, Boston, Mass. "These companies are confronting shorter product lifecycles, high costs for internal expansion, significant gaps in their own portfolios of skills and experience, and the possibility of missing lucrative opportunities. They need access to flexible, world-class design capacity to stay competitive."

Cadence Design Services Network

The Cadence Design Services Network is a global resource staffed by seasoned designers leveraging their expertise to meet customers' needs. Cadence Design Centers throughout the world work together to assist customers with their toughest electronic design challenges everything from crafting the latest microprocessor to reducing the manufacturing cost of a printed circuit board.

In addition to helping customers bring wireless designs to market, Cadence provides design services for digital/analog/mixed-signal integrated circuits; and systems and systems-on-a-chip design for multimedia and broadband communications.

Leading global electronics companies such as Lucent, Motorola, Sharp, Sony, and Toshiba, as well as emerging technology leaders such as Domosys and Applied Magic, have successfully employed the Cadence Design Services Network to augment their own internal resources and expertise.

About Cadence

Cadence is the largest supplier of software products, consulting services, and design services used to accelerate and manage the design of semiconductors, computer systems, networking and telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, and a variety of other electronics-based products. With more than 4,000 employees and 1998 annual sales of $1.2 billion, Cadence has sales offices, design centers, and research facilities around the world.

The company is headquartered in San Jose and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CDN. More information about the company, its products and services may be obtained from the World Wide Web at http://www.cadence.com.

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