Mentor Graphics Announces Nucleus Graphics and Linux Platform for ARM Mali GPUs

SAN FRANCISCO--(Business Wire)--
Mentor Graphics® Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the integration of
its Nucleus®Graphics User Interface (GUI) with the ARM Mali graphics processing
unit (GPU) family of acceleration solutions. The joint platform consists of
Embedded Linux running on an ARM1176 processor with an integrated Mali-200 GPU.
The tight integration of the Nucleus Graphics GUI solution with ARM`s optimized
OpenGL ES device driver enables embedded designers to easily utilize the power
of the GPU to deliver products with more compelling user interfaces.

By integrating the Nucleus Graphics GUI solution with the Mali-200 GPU, it is
now possible for graphic artists and usability specialists to exploit the
potential of this advanced 3D accelerator. The Nucleus Graphics product
abstracts the complexity of the OpenGL ES API to enable anyone to incorporate
sophisticated 3D effects such as lighting, spinning, fading, twisting and
zooming into their GUI designs without any programming knowledge.

"OpenGL ES is a powerful but complex API and few GUI technologies available
today are designed from the outset to accommodate 3D effects and layouts. As a
result, getting the best out of a 3D accelerator has generally required a lot of
manual embedded programming," said Ian Smythe, director of marketing, Media
Processing Division, ARM. "With this development, the Nucleus Graphics GUI
solution enables anyone designing a GUI to make full use of Mali graphics
acceleration capabilities."

"The ARM Mali family of acceleration solutions is ideal for embedded systems and
it is the perfect platform for Nucleus Graphics," said Glenn Perry, Mentor
Graphics Embedded Systems Division general manager. "With our partnership with
ARM, I expect to see a wide range of more dynamic and visually compelling
products across the automotive, consumer, medical, and industrial markets over
the next couple of years."

The ARM Mali-200 3D GPU incorporates a fully programmable vertex and fragment
shader architecture, making it ideally suited to a range of applications - from
advanced user interfaces and browsing experiences to console-quality gaming. For
more information on the ARM Mali-200 3D GPU, visit the website at
http://www.arm.com/products/multimedia/graphics.html.

Graphical User Interface Targets Embedded Devices

Nucleus Graphics is a 3D graphical user interface solution targeted specifically
for embedded devices. It combines a highly optimized run time engine with a
drag-and-drop GUI design tool, permitting compelling new embedded GUIs to be
created, tested, refined and deployed quickly, without the need to modify any of
the underlying application software. This "code free" approach affords greater
differentiation without incurring the costs and delays normally associated with
major GUI modifications. For information on Mentor Graphics embedded solutions,
including the Nucleus Graphics user interface, go to www.mentor.com/embedded.

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 $800 million and employs approximately 4,425 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 Nucleus 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
Larry Toda, 503-685-1664
larry_toda@mentor.com
or
Sonia Harrison, 503-685-1165
sonia_harrison@mentor.com

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