20 July 2004

Artisan Components To Present At RBC Capital Markets 2004 North American Technology Conference

SUNNYVALE, Calif., Jul 20, 2004 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq:ARTI), a leading provider of physical intellectual property (IP), today announced that Mark Templeton, its president and chief executive officer and Joy Leo, its chief financial officer, will present at the RBC Capital Markets 2004 North American Technology Conference on Monday, August 2, 2004 at 3:15 p.m. The Conference will be held at the Ritz Carlton in Half Moon Bay, California.

About Artisan Components

Artisan Components, Inc. is a leading provider of physical intellectual property (IP) components for the design and manufacture of complex system-on-a-chip integrated circuits. Artisan's products include embedded memory, standard cell, input/output, analog and mixed-signal components, which are designed to achieve the best combination of performance, density, power and yield for a given manufacturing process. Artisan has licensed its IP components to over 1,200 companies involved in integrated circuit design. Artisan is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. More information about Artisan Components, including free library access, can be found at access.arm.com.

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