What few outsiders know about Walden C. Rhines is that the longtime chairman and chief executive of Mentor Graphics Corp. may well be the champion punster of the electronic design automation industry. "He's the only CEO on my joke e-mail list," Gary Smith, principal of Gary Smith EDA, said of the Mentor chief. But in the cutthroat EDA business, it's no mean feat to maintain one's sense of humor. Indeed, Rhines also has his serious side, which he revealed in recent interview comments on the shaky state of the EDA industry. And it's a fair bet the laughter has died down at Mentor in the wake of Cadence Design Systems Inc.'s unsolicited offer to purchase the company for a staggering $1.6 billion.
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机译：很少有人对Walden C. Rhines知道，Mentor Graphics Corp.的长期董事长兼首席执行官很可能是电子设计自动化行业的冠军。 “他是我的笑话电子邮件名单上唯一的首席执行官，”加里·史密斯EDA负责人加里·史密斯（Gary Smith）谈到Mentor负责人时说。但是在残酷的EDA业务中，保持个人幽默感绝非易事。的确，莱茵斯也有他严肃的一面，他在最近的采访中透露了有关EDA行业的动荡状况。 Cadence Design Systems Inc.主动提出以惊人的16亿美元收购该公司后，笑声在Mentor中消失了，这是一个公平的赌注。
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