Released on: January 30, 2008, 5:06 am

Press Release Author: Magma Design Automation

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Press Release Summary: Magma® Design Automation Inc. , a provider of chip design
software, announced the "Best Paper" winners for MUSIC (Magma Users Summit on
Integrated Circuits) India, held in Bangalore Jan. 22-23. The top paper award went
to B.G. Madhusudan Rao of Texas Instruments for his paper entitled "Planning and
Closure for Large Capacity Designs: Talus® ACC." The second place award went to
Raashid Shaikh of Texas Instruments for his paper entitled "A 65-nm 850K PI Hard
Macro Implementations\' Trials and Travails: Blast Fusion® 5.0 Missing Pieces and
Talus Difference."

Press Release Body: BANGALORE, India, Jan. 29, 2008 - Magma® Design Automation Inc.
(Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced the "Best Paper"
winners for MUSIC (Magma Users Summit on Integrated Circuits) India, held in
Bangalore Jan. 22-23.



The top paper award went to B.G. Madhusudan Rao of Texas Instruments for his paper
entitled "Planning and Closure for Large Capacity Designs: Talus® ACC." The second
place award went to Raashid Shaikh of Texas Instruments for his paper entitled "A
65-nm 850K PI Hard Macro Implementations\' Trials and Travails: Blast Fusion® 5.0
Missing Pieces and Talus Difference." Third place went to Vivek Tatke of Open
Silicon for "Practical Techniques to Improve Productivity through the Lifecycle of
Rectilinear Dominated Hierarchical Flip Chip Designs."



The winning papers were selected by the more than 250 attendees and the MUSIC
Technical Coordination Program Committee (TCPC) from a field of 26 user papers
submitted from top-tier companies, including Texas Instruments, Qualcomm, Intel,
Broadcom, Open Silicon, LSI, Mediatek Singapore, ARM and Infineon.



"I was very impressed with the quality of the papers and presentations by Magma
users," said Qualcomm's Venugopal Puvvada, a TCPC member and director of
engineering, Qualcomm Bangalore. "The presenters covered topics spanning the entire
range of the design flow using Magma tools. I commend the presenters and the
technical program committee for continuing MUSIC India's legacy as a valuable
learning resource for Magma users."



"As evidenced by the attendance this year, MUSIC India once again was a resounding
success," said Anand Anandkumar, managing director of Magma Design Automation Pvt.
Ltd. "The number of users who attended reflects Magma's position as a leading EDA
company in India."



"We are very happy to provide the technical support for Magma's India users through
the quality and quantity of papers submitted at MUSIC India," said Atreya Nagaraja,
regional director of Magma India. "Indian designers who are creating advanced
designs using Magma's tools gained invaluable insight during the conference. The
papers presented covered all areas, from RTL to GDSII, including papers describing
designs involving critical issues such as design for manufacturability, automation,
low power, timing closure, packaging, physical verification and sign-off."



MUSIC India featured a keynote by Raj Khare, chairman of Surewaves and past chair
and founder of the India Semiconductor Association, entitled "Dancing with MUSIC,
Romancing with Silicon." Magma users who missed the conference can access the MUSIC
India papers and presentations via MOLTEN, Magma's online technical support. For
more information, visit www.magma-da.com/MUSIC.



Robot Navigation Pioneer to Keynote MUSIC Silicon Valley

Chris Urmson, one of the leading figures in robot navigation, will deliver the Feb.
28 keynote address at MUSIC Silicon Valley, scheduled for Feb. 27-28 in Santa Clara,
Calif. Urmson, director of technology for Carnegie Mellon University's Tartan
Racing, will discuss "Boss," the autonomous vehicle his team developed. Boss was
demonstrated at the recent Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and won the $2
million 2007 DARPA Challenge. For more information on the program and to register
for the conference visit Magma online at www.magma-da.com/MUSIC.html.



About Magma

Magma\'s software for designing integrated circuits (ICs) is used to create complex,
high-performance chips required in cellular telephones, electronic games, WiFi, MP3
players, DVD/digital video, networking, automotive electronics and other electronic
applications. Magma\'s EDA software for IC implementation, analysis, physical
verification, circuit simulation and characterization is recognized as embodying the
best in semiconductor technology, enabling the world\'s top chip companies to \"Design
Ahead of the Curve\"T while reducing design time and costs. Magma is headquartered in
San Jose, 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.



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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). Magma undertakes no additional obligation to
update these forward-looking statements.





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