Magma Adopts Legend's MSIM Circuit Simulator for Cell Characterization and Delay Correlation

MSIM provides excellent accuracy, performance and convergence

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 24, 2004 – Legend Design Technology Inc., a provider of IP characterization and simulation software, today announced that Magma Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design solutions, has adopted the MSIM circuit simulator for engineering and field support use worldwide after an extensive evaluation.

“The quality of cell models directly affects the design flow and is the key to silicon success. To ensure the high quality of cell models, we use the MSIM circuit simulator to analyze cell libraries for timing, power and noise correlation. Legend’s MSIM circuit simulator provides excellent Quality of Results in product development, application engineering and customer support,” said Premal Buch, general manager of the Analysis Products Business Unit at Magma.

“MSIM has proven its value in design verification. We are extremely happy to deliver its accuracy, speed and convergence in Magma’s simulation environment, especially for nanometer technologies,” said Dr. You-Pang Wei, president and chief executive officer of Legend Design Technology, Inc.

About Legend
Legend Design Technology Inc. is a leading provider of characterization and simulation software for semiconductor Intellectual Property (IP) blocks in SoC designs. With an emphasis on productivity and value, Legend’s CharFlo-Memory! toolset revolutionizes the time-consuming and error-prone processes associated with characterization. MSIM is Legend’s high-accuracy SPICE circuit simulator with great convergence and extensive model support. Turbo-MSIM is Legend’s high-speed and high-capacity circuit simulator ideal for timing and power simulation, and function verification. Both simulators are well designed for nanometer technology challenges, and provide excellent price performance. For more information, visit www.LegendDesign.com.