EXHIBIT 74
 
CONTACTS:
     QUICKTURN DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC.     ABERNATHY MACGREGOR FRANK
     Ray Ostby                          Matt Sherman
     (408) 914-6000                     (212) 371-5999
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


                         FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT DENIES
                    MENTOR'S LAST DITCH EFFORT TO DELAY VOTE

SAN JOSE, Calif., January 8, 1999 -- Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:
QKTN) today announced that the United States Federal District Court for the
District of Delaware has denied an application by Mentor Graphics Corporation
(Nasdaq: MENT) for a temporary restraining order to postpone or adjourn
Quickturn's Special Meeting of Stockholders scheduled for today, January 8,
1999.  The Federal Court's denial allows the Special Meeting to take place as
scheduled.

Keith R. Lobo, president and chief executive officer of Quickturn, said, "We're
pleased with the Federal Court's ruling and we look forward to proceeding with
our Special Meeting."

Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. is the leading provider of verification products
and time-to-market engineering (TtME(TM)) services for the design of complex ICs
and electronic systems. The company's products are used worldwide by developers
of high-performance computing, multimedia, graphics and communications systems.
Quickturn is headquartered at 55 W. Trimble Road, San Jose, CA 95131-1013;
Telephone: 408/914-6000. For more information, visit the Quickturn Web site at
www.quickturn.com or send e-mail to info@quickturn.com.
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