If Denali falls in love with using the BlueSpec tools to create their IP then wouldn’t it make sense for them to merge sometime into the future?
If a merger were going to happen then I would expect an OEM agreement to be a likely next step.
Denali is gradually branching out of just verification IP so [...]

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Bad News
Mentor – 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 quarter plus they exited the IP business.
Good News
Synopsys – Earned $0.27/share on revenue of $324.6M with estimates for next quarter at $343M on the top end. The strong EDA [...]

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