Mentor Graphics

Charles Shi, Principal, Senior Analyst, Needham & Company, LLC., recently offered an upbeat assessment of the electronic design automation (EDA), silicon intellectual property (IP) and services industries, or what SEMI refers to as the electronic system design (ESD) ecosystem.

In the span of a few short months earlier this year, Mentor Graphics became Siemens EDA and introduced a suite of integrated hardware-assisted verification tools, the first product launch under the new Siemens EDA brand. Jean-Marie Brunet, senior director of marketing, product management and...