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WILSONVILLE, Ore., Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT), today announced that IBM has joined the growing list of silicon foundry service providers whose process technologies are supported by the Mentor Graphics® Calibre® physical verification tool suite. Customers can obtain Calibre rule files for IBM's CMOS 6SF and 7SF logic process technologies directly from IBM. These rule files were developed by Mentor Graphics and qualified by IBM and Mentor Graphics. Rule files for additional IBM process technologies are expected to be available in the future.

``The new Calibre rule files can help IBM better serve foundry customers by speeding verification of chips designed for manufacture using its 6SF and 7SF process technologies,'' said Richard Whiteside, foundry operations engineering manager for IBM Microelectronics. ``We are impressed with Mentor's commitment to supporting our industry-leading process technologies.''

``In our experience, when a foundry supports Calibre, access to Calibre rule files accelerates their customers' process of transitioning designs to manufacture,'' said Anthony Nicoli, marketing manager for Calibre. ``We expect this benefit to extend to customers of IBM using Calibre.

Calibre Delivers A Complete Solution

The collaboration between IBM and Mentor Graphics is intended to deliver unmatched physical verification Turn-Around Time (TAT) to mutual customers, enabling them to complete multiple verification runs per day for System-on-Chip (SoC) designs that incorporate hundreds of millions of transistors. Calibre's physical verification tool suite, Calibre DRC(TM) and Calibre LVS(TM), ensures that IC physical designs conform to foundry manufacturing rules and match the intended functionality of the chip. Calibre features design style independent execution to provide optimal execution performance on designs ranging from RAMs to SoCs using a single, process qualified rule file. Calibre also provides advanced debugging capabilities, including intuitive error reporting, a graphical results viewing environment and hierarchical error isolation. The combined force of design style independence and advanced debugging extend Calibre's world-class run time performance to further reduce verification time by simplifying tool set-up and error correction.

About Mentor Graphics Corporation

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 more than $525 million and employs approximately 2,600 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777, Silicon Valley headquarters are located at 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, California 95131-2314. World Wide Web site: www.mentor.com.

NOTE: Mentor Graphics and Calibre are registered trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. Calibre DRC and Calibre LVS are trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Carole Thurman of Mentor Graphics, 503-685-4716, or carole_thurman@mentor.com; or Luis Lorenzana of the Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide, 415-352-2628, ext. 617, or luis_lorenzana@benjamingroup.com, for Mentor Graphics.