Mentor Graphics Corporation: Strategic Corporate Assessment

Introduction

Mentor Graphics is currently concentrating on addressing discontinuities in its design methodology; identifying new emerging markets; and increasing revenue in areas where it has strong market positions. However, the company is currently planning on cost reductions to cope up with the prevailing economic uncertainties in developed countries.

Scope

• Contains corporate strategy, value chain presence and SWOT Analysis
• Provides detailed business description, segment analysis, 5-year financial trends, key products and key competitors
• Includes information on suppliers/ partners, shareholding structure and key employees with biographies

Highlights

• Mentor Graphics, a leading player in the electronic design automation (EDA) market, is engaged in developing, manufacturing, marketing and supporting of EDA products. The company's software and hardware solutions enable integrated device manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers and semiconductor foundries to develop electronic products.
• Its solutions are used to create electronic systems like printed circuit boards (PCB), integrated circuits (IC), field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), embedded software solutions and wire harness systems. Mentor Graphics has reported low margins compared to its major competitors in recent years.
• In FY 2008, the company generated about 33.8% of the total revenues from integrated system design solutions. 'IC design to silicon' solutions accounted for 23.5%, scalable verification solution accounted for 21.4%, new and emerging products accounted 14.4%, and services and others accounted for the remaining percentage.

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