GDS-to-OASIS Translator Available as Free Download from Mentor Graphics Web Site
WILSONVILLE, Ore.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—June 15, 2004—
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) today
announced that it will make a GDS-to-OASIS translation utility
available free of charge to promote the adoption of the new OASIS
standard. The translator can be downloaded at www.mentor.com/calibre.
OASIS is the new stream format created in response to the need for
more efficient handling of growing data volumes and is designed to
replace the current GDS format. More than 40 people, representing more
than 20 companies, worked together to develop the new format. Mentor
Graphics was involved from the inception, serving for many months as
editor of the draft specification, then developing and contributing
the translator utility.
This new encapsulated format offers substantial improvements in
data volume efficiency, up to 50X reduction in hierarchical data
volume from GDSII, and 2X and more reduction in flat data volume from
MEBES mode5 mask writing format. As a result, data handling overhead
is significantly reduced.
Several research papers have been published on the benefits of
OASIS; most include benchmark studies of file size containment. Papers
can also be downloaded for free from the Mentor Web site at
http://www.mentor.com/dsm/techpapers/.
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
Nan Devlin, 503-685-1809
nan_devlin@mentor.com
or
Weber Shandwick
Mark Mohammadpour, 503-552-3734
mmohammadpour@webershandwick.com
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