Mentor Graphics Veloce Deployed by Mitsubishi to Deliver High-Quality HDTV Video...

Mentor Graphics Veloce Deployed by Mitsubishi to Deliver High-Quality HDTV Video Decoder Chip

WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(Business Wire)--
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced that
the Veloce(R) hardware-assisted verification platform, one of EDN's
2007 Hot 100 products, was used by Mitsubishi to verify its next
generation HDTV Video Decoder IP. Mitsubishi has deployed a
hardware-assisted (emulation) verification strategy over the last
several years to help accelerate the verification cycle, validate
circuit functionality with "real/live" data and ensure efficient pre-
and post-silicon debug.

"Time-to-market pressure is severe for multimedia consumer
products. We realize that hardware-software co-verification with real
image data is mandatory for system-level sign-off," said Noriyuki
Minegishi, Manager, LSI Design Methodology Team, SoC Technology
Department. "We decided to transition to Veloce due to better capacity
in a smaller foot-print, faster compile and MHZ-class run-time. We
taped-out a design of a multi-standard HDTV video decoder using Veloce
so far -- the HDTV video decoder emulation identified over sixty bugs
prior to tape-out, ensuring high quality of the RTL."

Most multi-media SoC designs consume billions of verification
cycles. So design projects of this nature are well suited for an
emulation-centric verification strategy where software simulation
alone is not practical and hardware/software co-simulation with actual
video image data is necessary. The use of an emulation-centric
verification flow based on the Veloce product reduces hardware
development time, allows verification teams to run more verification
cycles, and prevents 'tape-out' delays and respins--ultimately
allowing more verification while reducing verification cycle time.

"Mitsubishi routinely pushes the technology envelope to develop
highly complex multimedia SoCs. Being part of their verification
methodology re-affirms Veloce's unmatched value proposition for
functional verification of complex chips," said Eric Selosse, general
manager and vice president of Mentor's Emulation Division. "Mitsubishi
joins a growing list of leading-edge customers who have incorporated
Veloce into their functional verification flow."

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
$850 million and employs approximately 4,500 people worldwide.
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 Veloce are registered trademarks of Mentor
Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the
registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners.

Mentor Graphics
Carole Thurman, 503-685-4716
carole_thurman@mentor.com
or
Suzanne Graham, 503-685-7789
suzanne_graham@mentor.com

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