Mentor Graphics Announces the Availability of Calibre on the OpenAccess Database
WILSONVILLE, Ore.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—May 12, 2004—
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) today
announced that the Mentor Graphics(R) Calibre(R) design-to-silicon
platform is now integrated with the OpenAccess database. This
integration marks a key milestone in the ongoing joint engineering
development between Mentor and Cadence. The OpenAccess database is an
important part of achieving full interoperability between design tools
from multiple sources, allowing integrated circuit (IC) design teams
to construct flows that best suit their needs.
The OpenAccess database enables a robust set of capabilities
between the Calibre design-to-silicon platform, the Cadence Virtuoso
platform and other tools running on the OpenAccess database.
For example, designers can use the Calibre platform to Virtuoso
platform integration to greatly improve the design flow for design
creation and physical verification. This integration delivers several
key improvements to the flow. These include the Calibre platform's
ability to detect design rule checking (DRC) and layout versus
schematic (LVS) violations as well as pinpoint potential design for
manufacturability optimizations and automatically do the repair and
optimization tasks. In addition, the integration tightens the link
between post-layout parasitic extraction and simulation to provide
more accurate results that reveal timing or performance issues. This
improved flow streamlines many time-consuming tasks, and provides
added efficiencies in data handling and data manipulation.
In the future, Mentor plans to extend the integration of the
Calibre design-to-silicon platform to include incremental verification
(only the parts of the design that have changed are re-verified),
antenna checking, metal fill and additional design for manufacture
(DFM) requirements.
"We're pleased to have completed our initial integration into the
OpenAccess database, and applaud the work of the OpenAccess Coalition
in their efforts to provide tight integration and incremental design
flows using design tools and data from multiple sources," said Brian
Derrick, vice president of corporate marketing, Mentor Graphics.
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 about
$675 million and employs approximately 3,700 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: http://www.mentor.com/.
Mentor Graphics and Calibre are registered trademarks of Mentor
Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the
registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
Mentor Graphics
Carole Thurman, 503-685-4716
carole_thurman@mentor.com
Suzanne Graham, 503-685-7789
suzanne_graham@mentor.com
