Mentor Graphics acquires Ponte Solutions

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Mentor Graphics acquires assets of Ponte Solutions

WILSONVILLE, Ore., May 15, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced it has acquired the assets of Ponte Solutions, Inc., the Mountain View, CA developer of model-based design for manufacturing (DFM) solutions that analyze, predict, and reduce the impact of process variability during the manufacture and design of semiconductors. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Ponte personnel and technology will be merged into the respective departments within the Mentor Graphics Calibre organization under Joe Sawicki. Mentor will maintain the Ponte R&D team located in Yerevan, Armenia, a longstanding center of excellence for electronic design automation (EDA) and other technical software companies in Eastern Europe including Microsoft, Virage Logic, Synopsys and Credence Systems.

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