Mentor Graphics announced that, according to the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Consortium Market Statistics Service Report for 2010, the company has achieved a 50% worldwide market share in PCB design solutions. Of particular note in the EDA Consortium report is Mentor’s market share in North America, Europe, and Asia/Pacific with 60%, 57% and 50% respectively.

Japan was the only market where Mentor did not show the largest PCB design market share but did grow their market share by more than 75% from 2009 to 2010. The impressive growth in Japan is due to Mentor’s emphasis on this important market with increased dedicated sales and support targeted at major enterprise companies.

Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of about $915 million.