Artisan Components Announces Earnings Release Date And Conference Call Information For First Quarter Fiscal 2002

SUNNYVALE, Calif., -- January 15, 2002 -- Artisan Components Inc., (Nasdaq: ARTI), a leading provider of semiconductor intellectual property (IP), today announced it will release earnings and hold a conference call for first quarter of fiscal 2002 after the close of trading on Thursday, January 24, 2002. The conference call will begin at 2:00 p.m. PST (5:00 p.m. EST) and will be hosted by Mark Templeton, president and CEO and Joy Leo, chief financial officer, both at Artisan Components.

The conference call will be available by telephone at (719) 457-2633 and via live webcast at www.vcall.com. A telephonic replay will be available through Friday, February 1, 2002 at (719) 457-0820. The passcode for both Artisan's live conference call and telephonic replay is 760150.

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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