Headline: Alcatel Selects Mentor Graphics as Intellectual Property 'Core Store'
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'Virtual Library' Business Model Slashes Design Time for Complex Chips
DESIGN AUTOMATION CONFERENCE, ANAHEIM, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire/ --
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced that Alcatel, a
world leader in the telecommunications equipment market, has selected Mentor
Graphics Corporation's Inventra* Business Unit as its primary supplier of
reusable "cores." Inventra Soft Cores* are pre-designed, pre-verified,
functional building blocks for systems-on-a-chip. Inventra's innovative
business model, the "Virtual Library," provides all Alcatel engineers with
worldwide access to the entire catalog of more than 100 tool-independent
Inventra Soft Cores.
"Alcatel develops a significant number of ASICs and ICs over the course of
a year, so the company consistently seeks to boost efficiency," said Johan
Danneels, director, Industrial Coordination, Alcatel, and president and CEO,
Alcatel Mietec. "The Inventra Virtual Library will help us cut development
cycles by as much as 50 percent through access to strategic cores that we can
easily integrate into our design flows."
Alcatel's chips are used in a broad range of critical communications
systems around the globe. The Virtual Library business model enables Alcatel
to cost-effectively achieve the next major productivity gain in chip design
through widespread implementation of a "building block" methodology. It also
will complement Alcatel's internal design reuse efforts. By downloading
Inventra Soft Cores from a single centralized source for standard functions,
engineering teams can rapidly create alternative architectures that free them
to focus on development and reuse of proprietary designs, thereby shortening
time-to-market.
The Virtual Library model lets design teams easily download any Inventra
Soft Core for exploration and utilization within the design. Alcatel
engineers will use the Virtual Library to rapidly source and implement
reusable design components for critical telecommunications applications,
including microPABXs and access multiplexors.
Virtual Library licenses are available immediately. Licensing fees start
at $2 million, and include installation of the Virtual Library at the customer
site, and training. The Virtual Library also offers customers access to any
new cores added to the product line.
Alcatel, the telecommunication sector of Alcatel Alsthom Group, is a
worldwide company, currently working with partners in over 125 countries on
projects which span the full spectrum of communications systems. Alcatel
Telecom is a system integrator in the telecommunications field. It
manufactures advanced digital switches, transmission systems, broadband
products, access products, radio mobile communication systems, business
systems, systems and products for space and defense, and components. In 1996,
these activities registered total sales of French Francs 71 billion.
The Inventra Business Unit of Mentor Graphics is the world's leading
independent creator and distributor of reusable intellectual property for the
system-on-chip industry. The extensive Inventra product line provides EDA
tool-independent cores, memories, physical libraries, embedded software and
services. Inventra's IP products lower the cost of implementing design reuse,
allowing designers more time to focus on unique, value-added circuitry.
Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic hardware and
software design solutions, providing products and consulting services for the
world's largest electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981,
the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of $440,392,000 and
employs approximately 2,570 people worldwide. Company headquarters are
located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World
Wide Web site: mentorg.com. |
