SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 30, 2011 - WHO: Magma® Design Automation Inc. (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software

 WHAT: Will offer a series of Silicon One Seminars presenting innovative solutions for advanced analog and digital design challenges. The seminars will feature two technology tracks running simultaneously, titled:

- “Leading-Edge System-on-Chip Performance in Half the Time,” which features Talus® and Tekton™ Technologies

- “Advanced Analog and Mixed-Signal Design in Half the Time,” which features Titan™ and FineSim™ Technologies

SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug. 22, 2011 - Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced that Open-Silicon has standardized on SiliconSmart® ACE for standard cell and I/O cell characterization and modeling. A long-time user of SiliconSmart, Open-Silicon upgraded to SiliconSmart ACE to leverage the tool’s proven ability to quickly and accurately characterize libraries for multiple process, voltage and temperature (PVT) corners which will enable them to maximize power savings and performance on advanced-node designs. Open-Silicon uses SiliconSmart ACE in particular for characterization of new cells created with its patented CoreMAX™ design-specific library augmentation flow and for library recharacterization for Open-Silicon’s VariMAX™ technology with back biasing.

SAN JOSE, Calif., August 22, 2011 - Magma® Design Automation (Nasdaq: LAVA), a provider of chip design software, today announced Chrontel, a leading provider of display interface ICs for personal computers, portable media players and smartphones, has standardized on the Titan™ Mixed-Signal Design Platform, FineSim™ SPICE and FineSim Pro circuit simulation, and Quartz™ DRC and Quartz LVS physical verification products. Chrontel selected the Magma software after an extensive evaluation and benchmarking of the Titan-based flow against other EDA flows resulted in a 50 percent improvement in productivity.

Photronics Reports Record Revenues in Third Quarter of Fiscal 2011

Third Quarter Highlights:

    Record sales of $135.9 million; exceeds guidance of $128 - $133 million
    High-end IC photomask sales increase 24% sequentially
    Record non-GAAP net income of $16 million
    Non-GAAP EPS of $0.23; exceeds guidance of $0.17 - $0.21 per diluted share
    GAAP net income increases to $11.3 million, or $0.16 per diluted share
    Operating margin improves 90 bps sequentially
    Balance Sheet continues to strengthen