Artisan Components President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Templeton To Present At The AeA Classic Conference

SUNNYVALE, Calif., -- October 21, 2002 -- Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq: ARTI), a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP), today announced that Mark Templeton, president and chief executive officer, and Joy Leo, chief financial officer, will present at the AeA Classic Conference on November 5 and 6, 2002 at the Sheraton Hotel and Marina in San Diego, California. AeA is the nation's largest high-tech trade association and annually holds this premier financial conference for public technology companies.

About Artisan Components
Artisan Components, Inc. is a leading semiconductor intellectual property (IP) provider. The company's design platforms are in use by design teams at over 900 companies worldwide. Artisan's design platforms provide IC designers with a common interface to a range of process technologies from the world's leading foundries. Built on Artisan's Process-Perfect(TM) memory generators, standard cell and I/O libraries, Artisan's design platforms include a comprehensive set of views and models supporting leading design tools and methodologies. Artisan's worldwide network of EDA, IP and design service partners extend the Artisan standard to a complete set of system level design and integration solutions. Artisan is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. More information about Artisan Components, including free library access can be found at: http://access.arm.com.

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