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WILSONVILLE, OR -- Saying disgruntled shareholder Carl Icahn "has no stated strategy," Mentor Graphics yesterday urged other stockholders to reject the activist investor's slate of board candidates.

Read more: Mentor Calls Icahn Plan "Risky, Potentially Destructive'

AUSTIN, TX -- National Instruments announced its 2011 Green Engineering Grant program, a worldwide competition to foster rapid design, prototyping and commercialization of promising new renewable energy, energy efficiency and smart grid systems.

Read more: NI Grant Aids 'Green' Technologies

ROCHESTER, NY – Cadence Design Systems has extended its channel partner contract with EMA Design Automation to include the full Allegro and OrCAD product lines.

Read more: Cadence, EMA Extend Channel Contract to All PCB Tools

MONTREAL -- Sysacom R&D, a PCB engineering services firm, has moved to a new site with twice the space of its former facility.

Read more: Sysacom Relocates to Larger Site

WILSONVILLE, OR — Citing an Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Consortium research report, Mentor Graphics today claimed a 50% worldwide market share in printed circuit board design software for 2010.

Read more: Mentor Claims 50% Share in PCB Tools

WILSONVILLE, OR -- A Mentor Graphics shareholder has filed a class-action lawsuit against the EDA company over its poison pill defense aimed at preventing a hostile takeover of the firm.

Read more: Class Action Suit Calls for Mentor to Negotiate with Potential Buyers