Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced support for the TSMC interoperable process design kit (iPDK) in the Mentor® Custom IC design flow products. This support gives companies using TSMC process technology the freedom to choose best-in-class tools such as the IC Station® tool without the encumbrance of proprietary PDK files, and results in shortened [...]

Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that it has expanded the set of Mentor tools and technologies included in TSMC Reference Flow 10.0. The expanded Mentor® track supports advanced functional verification for complex ICs, netlist-to-GDSII implementation for 28nm ICs, tighter integration with the ubiquitous Calibre® physical verification and DFM platform, and tools for layout [...]

BravoBug Software announces the release of EasyBatch 1.2, a simple but powerful batch image processor for Mac OS X. EasyBatch provides a powerful set of image processing tools, all packed into an intuitive and easy-to-use interface. Version 1.2 features over a dozen improvements, including a brand new interface, saturation and contrast filters, automatic folder creation, [...]

Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today acknowledged receipt of an unsolicited proposal by Cadence Design Systems (Nasdaq: CDNS) to acquire Mentor Graphics at a price of $16.00 per share. Mentor Graphics confirmed that it previously rejected the proposal.
“As we recently indicated to Cadence, we reviewed Cadence’s proposal and analyzed both the price proposed and [...]