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Magma’s QuickCap NX Selected by Pyxis to Verify Capacitance Rule Results for 2.5D Extractor

Magma’s industry-standard 3D field solver verifies accuracy of Pyxis extractor for both 90-nm and 65-nm technologies

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 22, 2006 -- Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of semiconductor design software, today announced that Pyxis Technology, a developer of DFM-aware routing software for sub-nanometer (nm) digital designs, utilized Magma’s QuickCap® NX 3D parasitic extractor/field solver for capacitance rule generation and verification of Pyxis Technology’s internal extractor. Pyxis chose QuickCap NX because it is widely acknowledged as the industry-standard 3D extractor and field solver.

Pyxis used QuickCap NX to internally generate capacitance rule tables for its 2.5D extractor and then verify the extraction results, enabling Pyxis to qualify its extractor for both 90-nm and 65-nm process technologies. Pyxis considers QuickCap NX its gold-standard 3D field solver.

"Pyxis is focused on developing physical design software for sub-100-nm technologies," said Naeem Zafar, president and CEO of Pyxis Technology. "We picked QuickCap NX not only because its verification accuracy provides us with a stable foundation for our extraction technology, but also because our customer base acknowledges QuickCap NX as the industry standard 3D extractor and field solver."

"Accurate extraction is especially critical in addressing yield, lithography and manufacturability issues during the design phase, which is why Magma includes QuickCap NX in our design for manufacturability (DFM) flow," said Kam Kittrell, general manager of Magma’s Design Implementation Business Unit. "We’re pleased that Pyxis Technology, a company that develops DFM-aware routing software, is leveraging QuickCap NX to provide leading-edge verification accuracy."

About QuickCap NX
QuickCap NX is a highly accurate extractor, proven to closely correlate to exact analytical solutions and silicon measurements. It delivers capacitance values that are within 1 percent of silicon measurements. QuickCap NX is the only extractor that provides dial-in accuracy and error-bounds reporting on each net, giving the user complete control and trust in the accuracy of results. Leading foundries have validated QuickCap NX’s ability to more closely match silicon measurements. By taking process effects into account, the average difference between QuickCap NX capacitance values and actual silicon measurements has been reduced from 9.79 percent to just 0.11 percent.

QuickCap NX in the Magma Flow
QuickCap NX can be used for post-layout analysis in the Magma flow. QuickCap technology is also incorporated into Blast Fusion® physical design software to support high accuracy timing and noise analysis during the chip implementation flow. It is used to compute the highly accurate capacitance rules used within Blast Fusion and the Quartz^TM RC sign-off extraction tool.

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, highperformance 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^TM". 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.

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Magma, Blast Fusion and QuickCap are registered trademarks, and Quartz and "The Fastest Path from RTL to Silicon" are trademarks of Magma Design Automation. All other product and company names are trademarks and registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Forward-looking Statements:
Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements that QuickCap NX is an accurate extractor and field solver, 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 Magma’s ability to keep pace with rapidly changing technology; its products’ abilities to produce desired results; and Pyxis’ decision to continue using the referenced software. 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.