What? Siemens has a whole division working on PLM, including the high-end NX CAD system. No doubt the plan involves integrating Mentor's EDA with NX.

Not to mention parasoled which is the core of almost every other commercial CAD program.

Integrated digital manufacturing, product design, simulation...

This purchase completes the picture for Siemens, who will now be able to fully represent and manage a product from conception through end of life. Manufacturing, service, design, code, electronics, etc...

It's been a while coming, but this vision has been in play for a decade or few.

Integration, one single source of truth, team collaboration, global engineering all deliver very serious efficiencies when compared to discrete solutions, not unified in the way Siemens is doing.

Wasn't so long ago that Siemens not only designed ICs but also fabbed them. That's where Infineon came from, after all.

One of the biggest customers of Mentor for sure

Now they do.