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WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 17, 2001--Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) today announced the availability of the HDL Designer Series(TM) 2001.5 product, the latest version of the industry's leading design creation and management tool suite.

HDL Designer Series 2001.5 offers new features that increase team design capabilities, including support for advanced HTML export documentation and C/C++ viewing capability. Designers using HDL Designer Series 2001.5 can visualize and manage complex designs more efficiently, reducing the design cycle for development of application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and Systems-on-Chips.

Importance of Shared Design Documentation

As more global design teams collaborate over the Internet, sharing design documentation becomes a critical element in the design process. Using HTML documentation, designers can share and publish designs on a corporate Intranet, allowing team members in multiple locations to view design data over a secure backbone. In addition, HTML export can be viewed on any browser, allowing designers to copy and share information with customers and partners. HDL Designer Series 2001.5 provides an option that enables designers to control the material that is viewed over public networks.

``With the advent and continued acceleration of multi-million gate devices, design reuse has become an increasingly important element for our design teams,'' said Shawn Young, vice president of engineering, Linx Electronics. ``Using the sophisticated features found in HDL Designer Series, our design team, regardless of where members are based, can work together in an efficient manner to manage and design market-competitive devices.''

New Language Capabilities Enhance Design Management

HDL Designer Series 2001.5 also offers enhanced visibility and design management features, including new C/C++ language support. Designers can view C/C++ and Mixed HDL/C/C++ code within 2001.5, manage it as part of the design data and provide additional support for the ModelSim simulation tool, which offers C/C++ capabilities. In addition, Mentor has added several other features to HDS 2001.5 including:

    --  Expanded platform support for Linux
    --  Improved properties/attributes in design creation
    --  New Junctions and Rippers for BUS description
    --  Improved Block Diagram place & route

``Mentor Graphics continues to focus on meeting HDL Designers Series customer needs,'' said Valerie Rachko, marketing director for HDL Designer Series. ``The new features found in HDL Designer Series 2001.5 further strengthen the team design and design management capabilities, allowing for a flexible, easy-to-use cockpit to address design requirements.''

About HDL Designer Series

HDL Designer Series products cover all aspects of the design creation and management process: the HDL Pilot(TM) tool for design management; the HDL Detective(TM) tool for design analysis and documentation; the HDL Author(TM) tool for text and graphical editing and documentation; the HDL Designer(TM) tool for complete point tool functionality in a single solution with enhanced documentation; and the newly offered Debug Detective(TM) tool, for extending debug and design analysis capabilities to ModelSim simulation solutions. HDL Designer Series is the EDA industry's most complete tool suite for HDL design, analysis and management. In addition, HDL Designer Series supports all popular simulation and synthesis tools

Pricing and Availability

HDL Designer Series 2001.5 is available now and starts at $4000.00 for a node-locked perpetual license. For more information, please visit www.hdldesigner.com

About Mentor Graphics Corporation

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. HDL Designer Series, HDL Pilot, HDL Detective, HDL Author, HDL Designer and HDL Debug Detective are trademarks of Mentor Graphics. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.

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