HP and Mentor Graphics Announce Porting of Calibre Tools to HP-UX 11

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Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HWP) and Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) announced the porting of Mentor's Calibre(R) and xCalibre(TM) tools to HP's new 64-bit operating environment, HP-UX 11. This move enables the tools, widely regarded as the industry standard for full-chip physical verification and parasitic extraction, to provide an exponential increase in capacity.

The widespread implementation of HP-UX 11 by the design community, coupled with its major increase in throughput, will bring designers closer to the 200-million transistor chip and all the advanced functionality such a chip can offer. Mentor Graphics' Calibre DRC and LVS products offer capabilities critical to the long-term success of IC designers faced with complex system-on-a-chip design. Engineered to maximize HP's Exemplar server architecture and to address specifically the challenges of deep-submicron design, Calibre is the only solution incorporating technology that accurately models the effects of hierarchical design reuse.

Key Takeaways:

  • HP-UX 11 enables Calibre and xCalibre tools to provide an exponential increase in capacity, bringing designers closer to the 200-million transistor chip.
  • Mentor Graphics' Calibre DRC and LVS products offer capabilities critical to the long-term success of IC designers faced with complex system-on-a-chip design.
  • Calibre is engineered to maximize HP's Exemplar server architecture and to address specifically the challenges of deep-submicron design.
  • xCalibre extracts and utilizes critical interconnect information from dense, complex IC designs in order to verify those designs for deep-submicron fabrication processes.
  • Pricing for Calibre and xCalibre starts at $50,000 each.
  • Calibre and xCalibre are available immediately.

Statistics:

  • $461,176,000: Mentor Graphics Corporation's reported revenues over the last 12 months.
  • 2,500: Number of people employed by Mentor Graphics Corporation worldwide.
  • $35.4 billion: Computer-related revenue in HP's 1997 fiscal year.
  • 125,300: Number of HP employees.
  • $42.9 billion: HP's revenue in its 1997 fiscal year.
  • 50,000: Starting price for Calibre and xCalibre.

Sources:

  • Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HWP)
  • Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT)
  • About HP: Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing, Internet and intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions.
  • About Mentor Graphics: Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products and consulting services for the world's largest electronics and semiconductor companies.