WILSONVILLE, Ore., Sept. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor
Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced that it has
acquired its majority-owned subsidiary, Calypto Design Systems,
Inc.
Calypto will be merged into Mentor as a standalone business
unit, an organizational decision demonstrating Mentor's commitment
to the future potential of Calypto's products and technologies.
Badru Agarwala, a pioneer in
design and verification improvements and the former CEO of both
Axiom Design Automation and Frontline Design Automation, will
assume the role of General Manager of the Calypto business
unit.
Accelerating the Momentum
When the Catapult® technology and resources were originally
transferred to Calypto in 2011, it was with the goal of creating an
integrated high-level synthesis (HLS) and C-to-RTL verification
flow. Four years later this goal has been accomplished. During that
time Catapult became the only HLS tool that can automatically
generate production-quality RTL from a C/C++ and SystemC
description, establishing Catapult as the technology and market
leader. The readiness of customers such as Google, NVIDIA,
Qualcomm, and ST Microelectronics to publicly discuss their
production results using Catapult at events like the Design
Automation Conference (DAC) shows just how impactful the technology
is.
The successful integration of Catapult with Calypto's SLEC®
technology will provide customers with the best solution for
C-to-RTL verification regardless of their system-level design
language of choice.
Calypto's power optimization platform, PowerPro® is seeing
strong adoption at leading edge semiconductor companies. PowerPro
is a full suite of RTL power optimization tools featuring new RTL
power analysis capabilities, production-proven optimization
techniques for reducing dynamic and leakage power in the logic,
memory, and embedded processor section of a SoC, and is the only
solution that provides sequential formal equivalence checking.
"Calypto has been on a great path with its superior technology,"
stated Badru Agarwala, general
manager of the Calypto business unit at Mentor Graphics. "The
Catapult LP flow integrates power optimization technology in HLS
and provides the foundation for what the industry is seeking – a
fully integrated flow from C to power-optimized RTL. Calypto has
been working with leading customers to solve the challenges of
FinFET-based design, and its newest power product will be a
breakthrough in design-for-low power. The combination of
Calypto's amazing engineering resources and Mentor's worldwide
field organization and market leadership will accelerate the
adoption and make sure that we accelerate the momentum."
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
electronic, semiconductor and systems companies. Established in
1981, the company reported revenues in the last fiscal year in
excess of $1.24 billion. Corporate
headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web
site: http://www.mentor.com/.
Mentor Graphics and Mentor are registered trademarks of Mentor
Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the
registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.
For more information, please
contact:
Anne
Cirkel
Mentor Graphics
503.685.7934
anne_cirkel@mentor.com
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