Mentor Graphics Joins Open System C Initiative
WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 2001--Mentor Graphics
Corporation today announced it has joined the Open System C Initiative
(OSCI) as a corporate member and Michael A. Bohm, chief technologist
of the HDL design division, has been appointed to the OSCI board of
directors.
OSCI is an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to
supporting and advancing System C, a language and reference
implementation based on C++ class libraries, as an open source
standard language for system-level design and intellectual property
modeling.
As a corporate member of OSCI, Mentor Graphics will participate in
OSCI's steering committee and board of directors to help establish the
organization's priorities and direction. In addition, as the Mentor
Graphics representative, Michael Bohm will collaborate with other
members in technical working groups to determine future developments
of System C and OSCI specifications. Bohm began his career designing
semiconductors and for more than ten years has been involved with EDA
tools, specializing in behavioral and logic synthesis.
"Mentor Graphics has already been exploring the best applications
of high-level design languages and as a member of OSCI we will lend
our support to efforts to develop System C as a viable language for
the next generation of designs," said Michael Bohm. "We believe our
expertise in simulation and synthesis will be valuable to the
organization in further exploring the issues surrounding System C
implementation."
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT - news) 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. All other company or product names are the registered
trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
Mentor Graphics
Patti Atkins, 503/685-1165
patti_atkins@mentor.com
or
Benjamin Group
Emily Taylor, 503/283-8800
emily_taylor@benjamingroup.com
