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Calibre, xCalibre Secure Competitive Wins for Mentor Graphics in
Physical Verification at 0.35m and Below
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Mon, 28 Jul 1997 08:58:14 -0700 (PDT)
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News Alert from PR Newswire via Quote.com
Topic: Mentor Graphics Corp
Quote.com News Item #3538350
Headline: Calibre, xCalibre Secure Competitive Wins for Mentor Graphics in
Physical Verification at 0.35m and Below
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SGS-Thomson, Toshiba, Samsung Adopt New Suite for Complex IC Designs
WILSONVILLE, Ore., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor Graphics Corporation
(NASDAQ:MENT) today announced it has completed three major orders for its
physical verification design software. Mentor Graphics will supply its
advanced Calibre(TM) physical verification tool family to SGS-Thomson, Toshiba
Corporation, and Samsung Electronics. Toshiba Corporation and Samsung have
also purchased Mentor Graphics' newly announced xCalibre(TM) parasitic
extraction tool family.
Design teams from multiple industries, including computer, communications
and multimedia, are adopting Calibre and xCalibre for deep submicron memory
and logic designs. According to design technology management consulting firm
Collett International, the bulk of all IC and ASIC designs will have shifted
to 0.35 micron by the end of 1997. Such density mandates flexible physical
verification and parasitic extraction technology to ensure reliable chip
fabrication. Calibre/xCalibre's powerful physical verification and extraction
capabilities accommodate the most advanced IC design flows and methodologies.
"Golden Tool" for SGS-Thomson
"In targeting 0.35- and 0.25-micron technology, SGS-Thomson has run into
serious limitations with its existing physical verification methodologies,"
said Joseph Borel, executive vice president of Central R&D at SGS-Thomson.
"Mentor Graphics' Calibre is the only product on the market today that can
manage full-chip verification at these geometries."
"Calibre has provided SGS-Thomson with a 4X to 60X improvement in
productivity over our current solution in final verification," said Jean-Marc
Chateau, technical director of SGS-Thomson's Programmable Products Group. "We
expect Calibre's flexibility to offer even greater advantages in the future
when more chips are super-integrated systems with very large on-board memory
arrays. It will be our "golden" tool for physical verification."
Tool for the Future
"Toshiba evaluated a number of tools for deep submicron design process,
and found Calibre/xCalibre the best as a tool suite," said Dr. Susumu Kohyama,
vice president, deputy group executive, Semiconductor Group, Toshiba
Corporation. "Mentor Graphics' solution met the company's requirements of
high performance and high accuracy for physical verification that will be able
to handle even more complex designs in the future."
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.
SOURCE Mentor Graphics Corporation
-0- 07/28/97
/CONTACT: Tom Breunig, Public Relations of KVO, Inc., 503-221-7412, or
tom_breunig@kvo.com; or Amy Malagamba, Marketing Communications of Mentor
Graphics Corporation, 503-685-1301, or amy_malagamba@mentorg.com/ |
