Mentor Graphics Corporation - MENT- Profile

Mentor Graphics Corporation. The Group's principal activity is to develop, manufacture, market, sell and support electronic design automation (EDA) products and related services. The products enable engineers to design, analyze, simulate, model, implement and verify the components of electronic systems. The Group markets its products and services to communications, computer, consumer electronics, semiconductor, aerospace, networking, multimedia and transportation industries. The products are used in designing automotive electronics, video game consoles, telephone-switching systems, cellular handsets, hubs and routers, personal computers, video conferencing equipment, 3-D graphics boards, digital audio broadcast radios and smart cards. The Group sells and licenses its products in North America, Europe, Japan and the Pacific Rim region. During the year the group acquired SpiraTech Limited ,Next Device Limited,Summit Design Inc,Router Solutions, Inc,EverCAD Corporation Integrated Circuit Design accounted for 71% of 2006 revenues; Systems Design, 25% and Professional Services, 4%