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Mentor Graphics and the Common License Consortium Eliminate Barriers to the Adoption of FPGA IP
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 11, 2001--Mentor Graphics
Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT), the leading supplier of broad-line
Inventra(TM) Intellectual Property (IP) and support services, today
announced its membership in the Common License Consortium(TM) (CLC).
Created in conjunction with Xilinx® and 21 members of the Xilinx
AllianceCORE(TM) third-party IP provider program, the CLC is the IP
industry's first organization solely focused on removing the barriers
associated with licensing programmable logic IP from multiple vendors.
Recognizing the industry demand for third-party IP, Mentor Graphics
and other Common License Consortium members agree to accept a single
set of common IP licensing terms, called the SignOnce IP License, for
acquiring FPGA-based IP cores. The SignOnce IP License helps eliminate
up-front licensing delays often associated with legal and contractual
negotiations required when dealing with multiple IP vendors, a common
challenge for today's Field Programmable System-on-Chip (FPSoC)
designers.
The SignOnce IP License allows designers to create a framework for
future purchases of IP and offers project-based versions of IP to meet
different customer design needs. Designers who agree to the terms of
the license also gain access to 450 FPGA-based IP cores including
industry-leading USB 1.1, USB 2.0, T1/E1 and M8051EW IP cores from
Mentor Graphics® Inventra, without having to waste design time
renegotiating additional licenses from members of the Consortium.
``Participation in the CLC enhances the overall value of IP,'' said
Dr. Susheel Chandra, general manager, Inventra Intellectual Property
division, Mentor Graphics. ``The CLC provide designers ready access to
proven IP cores. Moreover, by spending less time negotiating legal
matters, designers can dedicate more time to creating competitive
FPGA-based products while reducing time-to-market and over-all design
schedules. Those are true productivity enhancements.''
By working together with IP standards organizations like the
Virtual Socket Interface Alliance (VSIA), OpenMORE (recently donated
to the VSIA) and VCX, Mentor Graphics has consistently focused on
developing solutions that help the entire IP industry remove barriers
to broad IP adoption and increased IP productivity. Membership in the
CLC further demonstrates the Mentor Graphics commitment to IP
standards.
``Mentor Graphics is a valued addition to the Common License
Consortium. Our customers demand the IP leadership associated with
high-quality, proven IP,'' said Rich Sevcik, senior vice president and
general manager, Xilinx. ``Leveraging Mentor's reputation in IP
standards and their recognized role as a broad supplier of proven IP
cores contributes greatly to establishing the Consortium as an asset
to the IP industry.''
License and Availability
For complete program and membership information, or to review
Common License Consortium member IP cores available under the terms of
the SignOnce IP License go to www.xilinx.com/ipcenter/signonce. For a
complete listing of Mentor Graphics Inventra IP cores go to
http://www.mentor.com/inventra/cores/catalog.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) is a world leader in
electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products,
consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most
successful electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of more
than $600 million and employs approximately 2,975 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.
Mentor Graphics is a registered trademark of Mentor Graphics
Corporation. Inventra is a trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation.
Xilinx, and AllianceCORE are registered trademarks of Xilinx, Inc. All
other company or product names are the registered trademarks or
trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
Mentor Graphics
Larry Toda, 503/685-1664
larry_toda@mentor.com
or
Benjamin Group/BSMG Worldwide
Victor Domine, 408/559-6090 ext. 327
vdomine@bsmg.com
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