SAN JOSE – Fourth quarter electronic design automation revenue was $1.5 billion, up 19% year-over-year. For the year, revenue totaled a record $5.3 billion, up 15% from 2005. During the quarter, PCB and MCM layout revenue rose 41% to $123 million. EDA and SIP product and maintenance revenue (excluding services) rose 20% year-over-year to a record $1.4 billion. Computer-aided engineering, the largest tool category, was up 17% to $634 million. CAE revenue was up 14% to $2.2 billion, and SIP revenue reached $274 million, up 31%. Services revenue was up 12% to $77 million. Reporting companies employed 25,390 professionals in the quarter, 10% more than 2005. For 2006, SIP revenue increased 21% to $989 million. PCB and MCM Layout revenue totaled $391 million, up 14%. Services revenue totaled $308 million, up 9%. North America, with 53% global share, purchased $788 million of EDA and SIP products and services in the fourth quarter, a 39% increase year-over-year. Western European sales rose 6% to $287 million, while Japan’s revenue dropped 10% to $230 million. Rest-of-world growth increased 19% to $188 million. For 2006, North American revenue was $2.6 billion, up 22% over 2005. Western Europe rose 12% to $977 million, Japan 3% to $1.1 billion and ROW 19% to $657 million.