Released on = March 15, 2007, 6:01 am

Press Release Author = Magma

Industry = Semiconductors

Press Release Summary = Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of
semiconductor design software, today announced that Global Unichip Corp. (GUC;
TW:3443), a leading system-on-chip (SoC) design foundry, used Magma's QuartzT DRC
Litho physical verification product for the first 65-nanometer (nm) tapeout by a
Taiwan-based design company. Already a user of Magma's IC implementation software,
GUC used Quartz DRC Litho to quickly and automatically identify hotspots.

Press Release Body = Global Unichip Expands Use of Magma Software, Adopts Quartz
Verification Products
for Taiwan's First 65-nanometer Tapeout

Quartz DRC Litho identifies hotspots, ensures compliance to leading foundries'
lithography and process requirements


Bangalore, March 15, 2007: Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider
of semiconductor design software, today announced that Global Unichip Corp. (GUC;
TW:3443), a leading system-on-chip (SoC) design foundry, used Magma's QuartzT DRC
Litho physical verification product for the first 65-nanometer (nm) tapeout by a
Taiwan-based design company. Already a user of Magma's IC implementation software,
GUC used Quartz DRC Litho to quickly and automatically identify hotspots. This
capability is critical to ensuring manufacturability in nanometer designs. GUC
adopted the Magma software to support its growing focus on deep submicron design
services.

Quartz DRC Litho is one of the industry's first fully scalable physical verification
solutions. Leveraging a unique architecture and advanced modeling capabilities,
these revolutionary products make massively distributed processing of DRC and LVS
comparisons affordable, and they integrate lithography process checks into the
physical verification process. Combining this technology with the appropriate
processing capability enables verification of virtually any design in a matter of
hours.

"Without a sophisticated design methodology and appropriate tools, ensuring
manufacturability at 65 nm is a tough challenge," said Jim Lai, president and chief
operating officer of GUC. "We've already implemented several 90-nm designs using
Magma's IC implementation system and the Sign-off in the LoopT technology. This
proven track record supports our commitment to improve yield and reduce turnaround
time on advanced SoC designs, maximizing our added value to end customers."

"With ever-increasing design complexity and time-to-market pressures, designers need
to be able to identify problems sooner and fix them faster," said John Lee, general
manager of Magma's Physical Verification Business Unit. "We're pleased that the
combination of Magma's IC implementation and physical verification solutions helped
GUC with this achievement, and to add GUC to the growing list of Quartz DRC, Quartz
DRC Litho and Quartz LVS users."

About Magma
Magma's software for integrated circuit (IC) design is recognized as embodying the
best in semiconductor technology. The world\'s top chip companies use Magma\'s EDA
software to design and verify complex, high-performance ICs for communications,
computing, consumer electronics and networking applications, while at the same time
reducing design time and costs. Magma provides software for IC implementation,
analysis, physical verification, characterization and programmable logic design, and
the company\'s integrated RTL-to-GDSII design flow offers \"The Fastest Path from RTL
to Silicon\"T. Magma is headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif. with offices around the
world. Magma\'s stock trades on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol LAVA. Visit Magma
Design Automation on the Web at www.magma-da.com.

About Global Unichip Corp.
Global Unichip Corp. (GUC), a dedicated full service SoC (System On Chip) Design
Foundry based in Taiwan, was founded in 1998. GUC provides total solutions from
silicon-proven IPs to complex time-to-market SoC turnkey services. GUC is committed
to providing the most advanced and the best price-performance silicon solutions
through close partnership with TSMC, GUC major shareholder, and other key packaging
and testing power houses. With state of the art EDA tools, advanced methodologies,
and experienced technical team, GUC ensures the highest quality and lowest risks to
achieve first silicon success. GUC has established a global customer base throughout
Greater China, Japan, Korea, North America, and Europe. Its track-record in complex
SoC designs has brought benefits to customers in time to revenue at the lowest risk.
For more information, please visit http://www.globalunichip.com.


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