Artisan Components, Inc. Announces Earnings Release Date And Conference Call Information For Second Quarter Fiscal 2003

SUNNYVALE, Calif., -- April 7, 2003 -- Artisan Components, Inc., (Nasdaq:ARTI), a leading provider of physical intellectual property (IP), today announced it will release earnings and hold a conference call for the second quarter fiscal 2003 after the close of trading on Thursday, April 17, 2003. The conference call will begin at 2:00 p.m. PDT (5:00 p.m. EDT) and will be hosted by Mark Templeton, president and chief executive officer and Joy Leo, chief financial officer.

The conference call will be available by telephone at 719-457-2617 and via live webcast at www.vcall.com. A telephonic replay will be available through Friday, April 25, 2003 at 719-457-0820. The passcode for both Artisan's live conference call and telephonic replay is 465280.

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, mixed-signal and communications 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 1,000 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 http://access.arm.com.

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