MENTOR GRAPHICS CORP. designs, manufactures, markets and supports electronic design automation (EDA) software for the integrated circuit and systems design markets. The company provides a broad range of EDA tools developed either by the Company or together with third parties to support the entire electronic design process. The Company''s software products enable engineers and designers to design, analyze, place and route, and test custom (ASICs), printed circuit boards, multichip modules and other electronic systems and subsystems.