Worldwide EDA Tech Forum Series Starts on March 16
WILSONVILLE, Ore.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Feb. 14, 2005—
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq:MENT) and its
industry partners today announced the start of the worldwide series of
2005 EDA Tech Forum(TM) conferences with the first event in Long
Beach, California, on March 16. The event held at the Hilton Hotel
Long Beach will feature two keynote speakers. Martin Reynolds, vice
president and Gartner fellow at Gartner Dataquest, will talk about
"Markets, Technologies and Products: Finding the Killer Apps." Larry
Irving of the Irving Information Group will discuss "Wireless Growing
Pains."
Irving's keynote will explore the key economic and technological
trends affecting the evolution of wireless technologies in the United
States and abroad. He will also address how the wireless industry is
addressing obstacles and challenges, particularly wireless security
and reliability. Reynolds will share Gartner's latest semiconductor
forecast and suggest where product growth will come from. He will also
look at emerging technologies in the wireless and computing space, to
understand how businesses and consumers will find value from
technology over the next five years.
Technical sessions and hands-on, self-paced workshops will address
real-life design issues in IC nanometer design, functional
verification, integrated system design, and emerging technologies,
with presenters from companies such as Altera, Artisan Components now
ARM, Chartered Semiconductor, The Mathworks, Mentor Graphics, and
standard bodies such as VSIA and Accellera. For further information
and to register, go to http://www.edatechforum.com.
The Long Beach forum is the first in a series of 18 technical
conferences taking place throughout the world during 2005. The 2004
series attracted over 6,000 engineers. In the United States, other
2005 forums will take place in Dallas, Texas; Phoenix, Arizona;
Boston, Massachusetts; and San Jose, California. International
locations include Ottawa, Canada; Dresden, Germany; Reading, UK;
Paris, France; Penang, Malaysia; Bangalore and Delhi, India; Beijing
and Shanghai, China; Hsinchu, Taiwan; Seoul, Korea; Tokyo and Kyoto,
Japan. Dates and information on the full series can be found at the
EDA Tech Forum website.
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 over
$700 million and employs approximately 3,850 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 is a registered trademark and EDA Tech Forum is a
trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product
names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective
owners.
Contact:
Mentor Graphics
Suzanne Graham, 503-685-7789
suzanne_graham@mentor.com
or
Barbara Rizzatti, 503-685-0443
barbara_rizzatti@mentor.com
