Artisan Components President and Chief Executive Officer Mark Templeton To Present At The Robertson Stephens Technology Conference

SUNNYVALE, Calif., -- February 05, 2002 -- Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq: ARTI), a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP), today announced that president and chief executive officer Mark Templeton and chief financial officer Joy Leo will present at The Robertson Stephens Technology Conference on Wednesday, February 27, 2002 at 4:30 P.M PST in San Francisco, California at The Palace Hotel.

About Artisan Components
Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq: ARTI) is a world leader in intellectual property (IP) components, providing high-quality solutions for many of the world's leading semiconductor foundries, integrated device manufacturers, ASIC vendors and IC design teams. Artisan's Process-Perfect™ memory generators, standard cell and I/O libraries are optimized to achieve the full-speed, density and low-power potential of each semiconductor process. Each product is verified using the industry's most comprehensive QA and validation procedures and delivered ready to use with a complete set of views and models supporting leading design tools. Artisan's headquarters are located at 141 Caspian Court, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1013.

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