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AUSTIN, TX -- National Instruments' second-quarter net earnings rose 19% year-over-year on a 17% jump in revenue to $210.5 million.

Read more: National Instruments' Q2 Sales Up 17%

SYDNEY – If you can’t beat, forgive them.

Altium has inked a deal with the China Government under which the CAD tool supplier will offer amnesty to those using unauthorized copies of its software in exchange for special pricing and access to Chinese-language peer forums.

Read more: Altium Offering Amnesty, Discounts to Chinese Pirates

SAN JOSE -- Cadence Design Systems reported second-quarter revenue fell 15.9% to $329 million versus the same period in 2007. GAAP net income was $5 million, down 92% year-over-year.

Sales were up 15% sequentially, but the company called the quarter "difficult" and subsequently lowered its 2008 outlook.

Read more: Cadence's Q2 Revenue Falls 16%

PITTSBURGH -- Ansoft Corp.'s stockholders have voted to adopt and approve the merger agreement under which ANSYS Inc. would acquire the EDA company for $16.25 in cash and 0.431882 shares of ANSYS common stock per Ansoft share.

The closing has been scheduled for July 31, 2008.

Dr. Zoltan J. Cendes, founder, chairman and chief technology officer of Ansoft will join ANSYS' board following the closing.

SHANNON, IRELAND -- Mentor Graphics Ireland is recruiting to fill 35 new jobs in its Shannon area offices, according to several local news sources.

The additions will bring Mentor's local workforce to 115. The company operates from a 31,000 sq. ft. facility in Shannon.

Mentor Graphics Ireland is a subsidiary of Mentor Graphics.

SAN JOSE -- Shocking Technologies will integrate its VSD technology into Cadence's Allegro products, a move said to enable designers to embed global ESD protection into printed circuit boards and semiconductor packages.

“Shocking is very excited that Cadence has agreed to work with us and enable our customers to easily implement this blanket ESD solution,” said Lex Kosowsky Shocking’s President and CEO. “We believe that incorporation of VSD materials will eventually become a ubiquitous part of building a PCB or semiconductor package.”

“Customers will now have access to custom design rules that assist in mitigating the dangers of electrostatic discharge while optimizing designs,” said Steven Kamin, Group Director of Allegro Product Marketing at Cadence.