EXHIBIT 99.1


            CADENCE COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF CADMOS DESIGN TECHNOLOGY

         SAN JOSE, Calif. - March 2, 2001 - Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NYSE:
CDN), the world's leading supplier of electronic design products and services,
today announced the completion of its acquisition of CadMOS Design Technology,
Inc., a privately held design tools firm headquartered in San Jose, Calif.

         "Adding CadMOS to the Cadence(R) team will allow us to provide tools
that substantially improve yield, performance, and predictability," said Lavi
Lev, senior vice president of Cadence IC Solutions Business. "We will continue
to sell the CadMOS product line as a standalone verification solution. And,
we'll integrate CadMOS technology into our front- and back-end SP&R solutions
and into our Assura(TM) physical verification and extraction tool suite."

         CadMOS noise-analysis solutions help designers as they migrate to
ultra-deep sub-micron (UDSM) processes. The solutions are targeted at both
digital and mixed-signal designer working in microprocessors, DRAMs,
mixed-signal SOC, and ASICs.

         ABOUT CADENCE

         Cadence is the largest supplier of electronic design automation
products, methodology services, and design services used to accelerate and
manage the design of semiconductors, computer systems, networking and
telecommunications equipment, consumer electronics, and a variety of other
electronics-based products. With approximately 5,400 employees and 2000 revenues
of approximately $1.3 billion, Cadence has sales offices, design centers, and
research facilities around the world. The Company is headquartered in San Jose,
Calif. and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol CDN. More
information about the company, its products and services may be obtained from
the World Wide Web at WWW.CADENCE.COM.

Cadence and the Cadence logo are registered trademarks, and Assura is a
trademark of Cadence Design Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.

CONTACT:

Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose
Valerie Smith, 408/428-5795
vsmith@cadence.com