Mentor Graphics Announces Comprehensive Support for the Altera Stratix Device Family.

Business Editors/Technology Writers

WILSONVILLE, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2002

Continuing its support for the programmable logic industry's most advanced architectures, Mentor Graphics (Nasdaq:MENT) today announced support for the Stratix(TM) device family from Altera Corporation.

Close technology collaboration between the two companies has yielded a front-to-back design and verification solution that allows Altera customers to maximize the performance of the Stratix devices.

"Our Stratix device family delivers the fastest performance in the programmable logic industry," said Tim Southgate, Altera's vice president of software and tools marketing. "To extract performance like this requires a close partnership with the EDA community. Over the last nine months, Mentor Graphics has worked with us throughout the design process to tailor its products to our customer needs."

To support the performance requirements of the Stratix architecture, Mentor Graphics offers a full suite of programmable logic device (PLD) solutions, including products for design creation, verification, co-verification, embedded systems, intellectual property and FPGA-on-board. In addition, Mentor's STAR-award winning Customer Support team is available for all of its programmable logic solutions.

"To develop applications based on the Stratix architecture, Altera's customers require easy-to-use, high-performance tools specifically designed for the requirements of complex programmable logic design," said Anne Sanquini, vice president and general manager of the HDL Design Division at Mentor Graphics. "Mentor's collaboration with Altera enables our mutual customers to create, verify and produce designs faster, reducing their time from concept to production."

About the Stratix Device Family from Altera

Stratix devices are based on a 1.5-V, 0.13-micron, all-layer copper SRAM process, with densities ranging from 10,570 to 114,140 logic elements (LEs) and up to 10 Mbits of RAM. Stratix devices offer up to 28 DSP blocks with up to 224 embedded multipliers, optimized for DSP applications that require high data processing. Stratix devices support various differential I/O electrical standards such as LVDS, LVPECL, PCML, and HyperTransport, as well as high-speed interfaces, including UTOPIA IV, SPI-4 Phase 2, SFI-4, 10G Ethernet XSBI, RapidIO, HyperTransport, and others. Stratix devices also offer a complete clock management solution with its hierarchical clock structure and up to 12 phase-locked loops (PLLs). More technical information about the Stratix device family is available at www.altera.com/stratix.

About Altera

Altera Corporation (Nasdaq:ALTR) is the world's pioneer in system-on-a-programmable-chip (SOPC) solutions. Combining programmable logic technology with software tools, intellectual property, and technical services, Altera provides high-value programmable solutions to approximately 14,000 customers worldwide. More information is available at www.altera.com.

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 more than $600 million and employs approximately 3,100 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777; Silicon Valley headquarters are located at 1001 Ridder Park Drive, San Jose, California 95131-2314. World Wide Web site: www.mentor.com.

Mentor Graphics is a registered trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. Altera, APEX and Stratix are trademarks and/or service marks of Altera Corporation in the U.S. and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.