Cadence Eats Humble Pie
I had to laugh out loud when I read the press release where Cadence blames Mentor for their own failed bid. Even more laughable was Mentor’s feigned… Read More »Cadence Eats Humble Pie
I had to laugh out loud when I read the press release where Cadence blames Mentor for their own failed bid. Even more laughable was Mentor’s feigned… Read More »Cadence Eats Humble Pie
Cadence stock fell some 30% today after Michael Fister talked about lower sales and earnings than expected according to an article in the Oregonian . Here’s my… Read More »CDNS stock in free-fall, let Mentor go
Mentor’s latest cash offer was accepted today by the board at Flomerics. It’s likely that the Flomerics CEO and vocal staff will not make the transition into… Read More »Flomerics Accepts Mentor Bid
Mentor just extended their cash offer to buy Flomerics at a value of just 1.2X historic revenue, however they still don’t want to be acquired. Good for… Read More »Flomerics said no, twice!
Interesting article in our local Oregonian newspaper about this high-tech investment banker showing up at the annual Mentor shareholder meeting last week. Nobody knows if he’s working… Read More »Who is Frank Quattrone? CDN and MENT
I guess that my title sums up the strategic blunder that Cadence is making in their bid for Mentor Graphics. So, why is this such… Read More »Cadence Makes Colossal Error in Bid to Acquire Mentor
I’m a SPICE and transistor-level IC guy so will make the rounds on Monday to see: Nascentric (OmegaSim – FastSPICE) Berkeley DA (Analog FastSPICE) Synopsys… Read More »Daniel’s DAC list of companies to see
Flomerics management is urging shareholders to reject the bid by Mentor Graphics, and this reminds me of when Mentor tried to acquire Quickturn.
Bad NewsMentor – Lost $0.30/share on revenue of $179.2M with estimates of Q2 revenue at $173M and a loss of $0.23/share. Q1 is historically Mentor’s weakest… Read More »Q1 Financial Summary
Mentor Graphics has bid to acquire Flomerics after purchasing some 26% of their stock. Flomerics has simulators for: Electronics Cooling, Engineering Fluid Dynamics, and Building HVAC. What I see… Read More »EDA hostility