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MENTOR GRAPHICS TO DELIVER EDA PRODUCTS ON SUN WORKSTATIONS

SunFLASH Vol 13 #2 					 January 1990 
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --January 11, 1990-- Sun Microsystems announced
today that Mentor Graphics, the leading market supplier of electronic
design automation (EDA) systems, has signed a letter of intent to make
its products available on Sun's SPARC(TM)-based workstations.  This
announcement was made in conjunction with Mentor's agreement to acquire
Silicon Compiler Systems Corp., an IC design vendor whose products are
sold on the Sun platform.

"Sun has built a large market in the EDA segment due to our
relationships with all the key vendors -- except Mentor.  This
agreement with Mentor finalizes our position as the leading workstation
vendor in the EDA market," said Scott McNealy, Sun's chief executive
officer. "The Sun platform appeals to Mentor and the other EDA vendors
particularly because of SPARC, UNIX(R), and OPEN LOOK(TM). Software
vendors and customers alike have endorsed SPARC systems as the hardware
platform of choice for EDA applications.  We are delighted at this
endorsement by Mentor."

Before the Mentor/Sun agreement, Mentor supported a single hardware
platform.  Thomas Bruggere, CEO and chairman of Mentor Graphics, said,
"We look forward to serving the market in the 1990s as an open,
multi-vendor company.  Our customers now have the ability to take
advantage of Mentor's and SCS's combined technologies on the industry's
leading platforms."

The EDA market is one of Sun's largest revenue-producing market
segments, with 19 percent of fiscal '89 hardware shipments supporting
EDA applications.  Sun has sold into the EDA market for five years.

Mentor Graphics/SCS' IC design products are immediately available on
Sun workstations.  Additional Mentor Graphics products will be ported
to Sun throughout 1990 and will be available by year end.

Sun Microsystems, Inc., headquartered in Mountain View, Calif., is a
leading worldwide supplier of network-based distributed computing
systems, including professional workstations, servers and UNIX
operating system and productivity software.

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SPARC is a trademark of Sun Microsystems.  OPEN LOOK is a trademark of
AT&T. UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T.  All other products or
services mentioned in this document are identified by the trademarks or
service marks of their respective companies or organizations.

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Kay Hart (415) 336-3561


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