January 10, 9:00 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Mentor Graphics Corp.
Dataquest Names Mentor Graphics Market Leader in Hardware/Software Co-Verification
1998 Sales of Seamless CVE Exceed Those of All Other Co-Verification Tools Combined
WILSONVILLE, Ore., Jan. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor Graphics Corp. (Nasdaq: MENT - news) today announced that it is the world's leading provider of hardware/software co-verification solutions for complex systems, according to a recent study by Dataquest, Inc., the leading source for Electronic Design Automation (EDA) market intelligence.
According to the Dataquest study, Mentor Graphics® Seamless® Co-Verification Environment(TM) (CVE) achieved a leading 62 percent share of this growing market segment. Central to Mentor's success in 1998 has been the overwhelming response to its Seamless CVE from industry-leading designers in the telecommunication, semiconductor, computer/peripheral, aerospace and consumer electronics markets.
Dataquest's annual market share and forecast report is compiled using a variety of data sources including Dataquest research, EDA vendor-submitted responses and detailed ''end-user'' surveys. Raw data is then evaluated and validated by Dataquest's research team to determine the current market share percentages.
According to the December 1999 Gartner Group/Dataquest study, 'The RTL Answers Are Now Emerging, So What Is Next?,' by principal EDA analyst, Gary Smith, ''Before a design is committed to silicon, it is essential to verify that the hardware and the software will work together.'' Smith continues, ''Although hardware/software co-verification is most useful today for projects involving complex designs, involving a large number of gates as well as a significant software component including an OS or an RTOS, Dataquest expects adoption of co-verification tools to increase as more system-on-chip design initiatives start to happen. Dataquest expects co-verification to be a high-growth market with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36 percent by the year 2003.''
Unrivaled Processor Support and Strong Customer Relationships Keys to Success
Successful co-verification depends on the timely availability of accurate processor models. Mentor Graphics has established strong relationships with all the leading suppliers of CPUs and DSPs to provide unrivaled support for the world's leading embedded microprocessors.
''The collaboration between Mentor and IBM was key to delivering high-quality co-verification support'' said Tom Lowery, manager, PowerPC System-on-Silicon Development at IBM. ''Utilizing our extensive validation suites ensured that the Processor Support Packages (PSPs) developed by Mentor achieve the levels of accuracy and performance required by teams embedding our PowerPC processors into their System on Chip (SoC) designs.''
The market success of Seamless CVE has been fueled by consistently achieving the best results in head to head evaluations against competing co-verification solutions. ''We chose Seamless CVE because Seamless CVE's patented optimization allows for fast simulation'' said Hiroshi Sugawara, manager of the System LSI Division at Sony Corporation, ''The performance of other tools was poor, and generally could not handle basic simulation routines. Only Seamless CVE was able to maintain the simulation speed required, and its natural market leadership validates our choice.''
Unique technology provides the foundation for SoC Verification
Seamless CVE delivers a unique combination of performance, functionality and software debugging capabilities to enable shorter product development cycles and reduced development costs of embedded systems.
Since its release in August 1996, Seamless CVE has been the industry leader in the global co-verification market, with an installed base of over 2,000 seats at more than 60 accounts, including all the world's major telecommunication companies. Built around the patented technologies of the Coherent Memory Server and Dynamic Performance Optimizations, both of which are fundamental to effective co-verification, Seamless CVE provides both hardware and software designers with the ability to verify hardware/software interfaces in embedded systems early in the design process. With Seamless CVE, interface errors are detected early in the design process, well before prototype fabrication, when fixes are less time consuming and costly.
''We were very early proponents of co-verification,'' said Jan-Olof Kismalm, director, Corporate Function Technology, Microelectronics, L.M. Ericsson. ''Seamless CVE has been deployed extensively within Ericsson and we continue to work closely with Mentor Graphics to drive the enhancements and extensions to co-verification, one of the key technologies in designing the complex SoCs that will power tomorrow's markets.''
''The Dataquest market study validates Seamless CVE's leading industry position as the most popular and most comprehensive hardware/software co-verification solution for today's complex SoC designs,'' said Serge Leef, General Manager of Mentor Graphics' SoC Verification Business Unit. ''Strong customer relationships built on superior product and service have helped us achieve such dramatic growth this past year. In 2000, we will continue to invest strongly in Seamless CVE and its corresponding PSPs through strategic partnerships, making it the de facto standard for co-verification and ensuring the tool's long term success. At the same time, we will be expanding the Seamless product family into other areas of SoC verification. Our upcoming solutions in intelligent test benches, C-based simulation and rapid prototyping will continue to provide our customers with the solutions they need today and in the future.''
Pricing and availability
Seamless CVE is available from $40,000 and can be obtained via Mentor Graphics' Co-Design Web site or on CD for Sun, HP, Windows and IBM Platforms. Seamless PSPs start at $20K and are available through the same sources. To learn more about Seamless CVE, visit the Web site at mentor.com .
About Mentor Graphics Corporation
Mentor Graphics is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products and consulting services for the world's largest electronic and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of $500 million and employs about 2,600 people worldwide. Company headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: mentor.com .
NOTE: Mentor Graphic and Seamless are registered trademarks. Co-Verification Environment is a trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
CONTACT: Anne Cirkel, Marketing Communications of Mentor Graphics Corp., 503-685-7934, or anne_cirkel@mentor.com; or PR, Jeremiah Glodoveza of Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide, 408-559-6090, or jeremiah@benjamingroup.com, for Mentor Graphics Corp.
SOURCE: Mentor Graphics Corp.
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