LSI LOGIC NAMES MENTOR GRAPHICS "CIRCUIT DESIGN TOOLS VENDOR OF THE YEAR"

Mentor Graphics First EDA Company to Receive the Award

WILSONVILLE, ORE. -- MAY 16, 1996 -- LSI Logic Corporation has named Mentor
Graphics Corporation "1995 Circuit Design Tools Vendor of the Year."
Mentor Graphics is the first electronic design automation (EDA) company to
be distinguished by LSI Logic with the annual award. "Mentor Graphics has
consistently provided LSI Logic with solutions in design-for-test (DFT),
simulation, accelerated library development and customer support," said
Jim Pena, director of marketing, LSI Logic ASIC products.

Walden C. Rhines, Mentor Graphics' President and CEO, said, "We are
extremely proud to be the first EDA company to receive LSI Logic's
prestigious 'Circuit Design Tools Vendor of the Year Award.' This
recognition validates our strategy to forge and strengthen alliances
designed to provide customers with complete solutions, enabling them to
focus on areas of core competency. As deep submicron design challenges
grow, Mentor Graphics and LSI Logic remain committed to supporting our
mutual customers with best in class solutions and environments."

MENTOR GRAPHICS-LSI LOGIC ALIGN TO ADDRESS DEEP SUBMICRON ISSUES

In 1995, Mentor Graphics and LSI Logic announced an alliance to tightly
couple Mentor Graphics' open design tools within LSI Logic's
System-On-A-Chip submicron design and manufacturing environment. The
10-year agreement provides high-end system designers with a wide choice of
leading-edge standards-based tools.

Executing on this agreement, Mentor Graphics and LSI Logic worked closely
to harness Mentor Graphics' ICGen process-portable module generation tool
for standard cell library design. ICGen enabled LSI Logic to achieve
significant time and cost savings on its recently announced G-10 process
technology library by automating many layout tasks.

In addition, LSI Logic standardized on Mentor Graphics' scan test tools in
October 1995, and expanded their alliance to include joint development,
marketing and support of advanced DFT technology and tools to address deep
submicron issues in a systems on silicon environment. Mentor Graphics' DFT
tools will enable LSI Logic to supply customers with fully testable system
blocks.

In February, 1996, LSI Logic announced it would support the Mentor Graphics
QuickHDL simulator with its VITAL-95-based Integrated ToolKit design
environment, which will allow users to design and complete final silicon
sign-off on a design for manufacture using a variety of tools from many
EDA suppliers.

LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE:LSI), The System on a Chip Company, is a
leading supplier of custom high-performance semiconductors, with
operations worldwide. The company enables customers to build complete
systems on a single chip with its CoreWare&#174 design program, thereby
increasing performance, lowering system costs and accelerating time to
market. LSI Logic develops application-optimized products in partnership
with trendsetting customers, and operates leading-edge, high-volume
manufacturing facilities to produce submicron chips. The company maintains
a high level of quality, as demonstrated by its ISO 9000 certifications.
LSI Logic is headquartered at 1551 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, California
95035, 408/433-8000, http://www.lsilogic.com.

Established in 1981, Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ:MENT) designs,
manufactures, markets and distributes electronic design automation (EDA)
software and provides professional services supporting its customers'
complete design environments. The company is a leader in worldwide EDA
sales, with revenues of $440,714,000 over the last reported 12 months.
Mentor Graphics is the first EDA vendor to win the STAR (Software
Technical Assistance Recognition) award, and the only EDA vendor to win
the award twice. The award is given annually by the Software Support
Professionals Association (SSPA) for service excellence. The company
currently employs approximately 2,400 people worldwide. In addition to its
corporate offices, Mentor Graphics has sales, support, software
development and professional services offices worldwide. The company's
headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon
97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentorg.com.
 
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