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      SUN AND MENTOR GRAPHICS SIGN $300 MILLION SPARC SYSTEM CONTRACT

SunFLASH Vol 18 #17					 	June 1990 
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Mentor Graphics Will Endorse OPEN LOOK Graphical User Interface
 
 
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. --June 12, 1990-- Sun Microsystems today
announced that Mentor Graphics, the leading supplier of electronic
design automation (EDA) systems, has agreed to purchase $300 million
worth of SPARC(TM) computers over the next three years.  The systems,
with Mentor Graphics software, will be sold to customers throughout the
world.  Mentor Graphics announced earlier this year that its entire
line of software would be made available on Sun workstations, including
its EDA, CASE, technical publications and mechanical design products.

"We have been very selective in choosing a workstation partner who
shares our commitment to delivering the broadest and most advanced EDA
solutions to customers," said Tom Bruggere, chairman and CEO of Mentor
Graphics.  "By adding strong support for Sun's growing line of
SPARC-based workstations, Mentor Graphics products now run on 80
percent of the UNIX(R)-based workstations being sold today."

As part of the agreement, Mentor Graphics' Sun-based products will
utilize the OPEN LOOK(TM) graphical user interface in the future.  OPEN
LOOK, designed by Sun and AT&T, is an intuitive interface that is part
of Sun's standard window system.

"SPARC-based systems have become the hardware platform of choice for
EDA applications, with 95 percent of EDA vendors offering products for
SPARC," said Scott McNealy, Sun's president and CEO.  "Mentor Graphics'
endorsement of our SPARC/UNIX/OPEN LOOK solution makes this the de
facto standard for EDA."

Before the agreement with Sun, Mentor Graphics sold its software
exclusively on systems from Hewlett-Packard/Apollo.  While Mentor
Graphics will continue to resell H-P/Apollo hardware, SPARC systems are
expected to account for a sizeable percentage of its hardware
offering.

Sun Orders Mentor Graphics IC Software

Sun also announced that it will purchase $2.2 million of Mentor
Graphics software for SPARC systems, which will be added to Sun's
internal EDA environment.  Initially, Sun will use these tools in the
development of complex integrated circuits for future workstations.

Mentor Graphics IC design products, obtained through the aquisition
last January of Silicon Compiler Systems--now the company's Silicon
Design Division--are currently available on Sun systems.  The remainder
of the products will be available in early 1991.

Mentor Graphics Corporation of Beaverton, Oregon, is the leader in
worldwide EDA sales, with revenues of $443 million over the last 12
months.  In addition to its corporate offices, Mentor Graphics has
sales and support offices in 51 locations worldwide.

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, Inc.  OPEN LOOK is a
trademark and 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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