PITTSBURGH - October 23, 2003 - The Industrial Development Bureau (IDB) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in Taiwan recently invited Ansoft Corporation (NASDAQ: ANST) to host a one-day seminar in Hsinchu, Taiwan, focusing on the low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) process, a widely used method to produce multi-layered circuits found in cordless and cellular phones, wireless local area network (LAN) cards and other high-frequency devices.

Those attending the seminar included LTCC designers and manufacturers, passive component manufacturers, radio frequency (RF) system designers and semiconductor foundries. "The most difficult challenge with LTCC is knowing how to avoid certain parasitic effects and how to control them to reach your goals," said Dr. Shyh-Tirng Fang, Deputy Manager of RF Communication Systems Technology at the Industrial Technology Research Institute. "You must first understand the underlying physics to create an advanced LTCC design that works properly. Ansoft's tools are ideal for this purpose."

Seminar material featured innovative methods for designing power amplifier modules, RF switches and front-end modules using Ansoft's HFSS™, Ansoft Designer® and Spicelink™. The company also introduced its new HFSS Solver on Demand® technology, which provides advanced 3D scalable modeling capability for accelerating LTCC design.

The popularity of LTCC technology has grown over the last few years because of the increased need to produce smaller, less expensive RF modules used in commercial products. To learn more about the LTCC process and Ansoft's role in developing the technology, go to www.ansoft.com and enter "LTCC" in the search engine for a list of relevant articles.

About the IDB
The Industrial Development Bureau (IDB), a Taiwanese government organization, formulates policies, strategies and industrial development measures; promotes industrial safety and advancement; develops and manages industrial parks; formulates financial and tax measures for industrial development and more. For details, visit www.moeaidb.gov.tw/idy/english/index.htm.

About Ansoft
Ansoft is a leading developer of high-performance electronic design automation (EDA) software. Engineers use Ansoft software to achieve first-pass system success when designing mobile communication and Internet-access devices, broadband networking components and systems, integrated circuits (ICs), printed circuit boards (PCBs) and electromechanical systems. Ansoft markets its products worldwide through its own direct sales force and has comprehensive customer-support and training offices throughout North America, Asia and Europe. To learn more, please visit www.ansoft.com.

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