BANNOCKBURN, IL – IPC is urging the US State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls to protect US defense equipment by ensuring export control protection of design information for printed circuit boards.

FOREST GROVE, OR -- Speaking at an investor conference Tuesday, Mentor Graphics said fourth-quarter revenue would be in line with previous company guidance.

SAN JOSE – Electronic design automation industry revenue increased 18.1% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2011 to $1.54 billion, says the EDA Consortium.

WILSONVILLE, OR — Mentor Graphics has acquired the Flowmaster Group, furthering the EDA company's reach into computer-aided engineering mechanical analysis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.