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Happy Sunday! Test week is over, participants are back to their normal lives, perhaps off to another conference. Last time I blogged, it was Monday, after the first panel and 40th year reception. I’m going to try to blog a few notes throughout this week, including some from conversations with folks from Cadence, Mentor and Synopsys.

Sometimes life gets so busy, I gloss over many things especially when it comes to e-mails, scheduling, where I parked my car – you know, life. Eventually, as an event starts to creep up on me, I gather everything I glossed over in one place so I can quickly organize my time and thoughts, so I don’t go headlong into things completely unprepared. I suppose I’m no different than many of you out there. But one thing I glossed over until earlier this week, I still haven’t resolved.

It feels good to be right… it does happen sometimes. Back in May, when Mentor Graphics announced its intentions to acquire LogicVision, most folks writing about the deal pointed out a significant overlap in the product offerings of the two companies – surely the move didn’t make much sense (but to be fair, none of them know much about the DFT market). I first blogged the news here, and again here, in response to the overlap arguments. My feeling was that LogicVision brought strengths in some product areas where Mentor was flagging. And, I was right.

There’s not been a ton of talk about the recently announced agreement between Mentor Graphics and LogicVision (it’s test-related, after all), but a few comments and blog posts out there on the intertubes have me wondering whether people put any effort into these things at all.

Today it was announced that Mentor Graphics and LogicVision have put pen to paper on a deal that will, if all goes to plan, make LogicVision a wholly owned subsidiary of Mentor. The move will cost Mentor $13 million in Mentor common stock (0.2006 MENT shares per LGVN share). Oh, as the EDA world turns…