Editing Mentor Graphics (section)

== History ==
Mentor Graphics was founded in 1981 by [[Tom Bruggere]], Gerry Langeler, and Dave Moffenbeier, all formerly of [[Tektronix]].<ref name="OLHistory">{{cite web |last1=Rogoway |first1=Mike |title=Siemens completes $4.5 billion purchase of Mentor Graphics |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2017/03/siemens_completes_45_billion_p.html |website=Oregon Live |access-date=November 4, 2022 |date=March 30, 2017}}</ref> The company raised $55 million in funding through an [[initial public offering]] in 1984.<ref name="OLHistory"/> 

Mentor initially wrote software that ran only in [[Apollo Computer|Apollo]] workstations.<ref name="NYTapollo">{{cite news |last1=Fisher |first1=Lawrence M. |title=In Hot Pursuit of Mentor Photos of Mentor's chief executive, Thomas H. Bruggere, with the package deal: Software by Mentor Graphics, running on Apollo hardware (NYT/Brian Drake); the chassis of an Apollo workstation, which uses Mentor's software system |work=The New York Times |date=8 January 1989 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/08/business/hot-pursuit-mentor-photos-mentor-s-chief-executive-thomas-h-bruggere-with.html |access-date=November 4, 2022}}</ref> 

When Mentor entered the CAE market the company had two technical differentiators: the first was the software {{En dash}} Mentor, Valid, and Daisy each had software with different strengths and weaknesses.  The second, was the hardware {{En dash}} Mentor ran all programs on the Apollo workstation, while Daisy and Valid each built their own hardware. By the late 1980s, all EDA companies abandoned proprietary hardware in favor of workstations manufactured by companies such as Apollo and [[Sun Microsystems]].

After a frenzied development, the IDEA 1000 product was introduced at the 1982 [[Design Automation Conference]], though in a suite and not on the floor.<ref>''The Mentor Graphics Story'' copyright 1988 Mentor Graphics Corporation</ref>

Mentor Graphics was purchased by [[Siemens]] in 2017. The name was retired in 2021 and renamed Siemens EDA, a segment of [[Siemens Digital Industries Software]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dahad |first1=Nitin |title=Mentor Finally Becomes Siemens EDA From January 2021 |url=https://www.eetimes.com/mentor-finally-becomes-siemens-eda-from-january-2021/ |website=EE Times|date=15 December 2020 }}</ref>