The use of Ethernet, particularly in areas where high bandwidth and reliable performance are essential, is increasing. Mentor Graphics has announced the availability of automotive Ethernet support in its Volcano VSA product for network design of both AUTOSAR-based and non-AUTOSAR Electronic Control Units (ECUs).

Mentor Graphics has announced its HyperLynx Alliance, developed with key industry partners, integrating tools, data and methodology to accelerate technology adoption. The alliance leverages the HyperLynx tool suite for high-speed design and verification, deployed on cloud-based virtual labs to accelerate time to productivity.

To allow embedded developers to integrate, execute, validate and optimise software on various platforms, Mentor Graphics has introduced the Mentor Embedded Virtual Prototype Kits (VPKs) to its Vista and Sourcery CodeBench Virtual Edition products. The kit is suitable for automotive in-vehicle infotainment, ECU networks, medical and industrial applications, networking and military and aerospace product development.

The use of design automation is evolving to provide greater productivity in the automotive industry. By Sjon Moore, Mentor Graphics.

The latest addition to the Mentor Graphics Xpedition platform captures the hardware description of multi-board systems, from logical system definition down to the individual PCBs, automating multi-level system design synchronisation processes to ensure team collaboration with accuracy and faster design productivity.

The Xpedition Data Management (xDM) product suite, released by Mentor Graphics, provides a flow-wide information hub that manages the PCB design data that is created, reused, imported, or released from the company's Xpedition Enterprise platform. Managing the design data for work-in-progress designs, and library and component data for the entire PCB design flow, the product suite ensures the accuracy, integrity and security of the PCB data u...

To address the design challenges of integrated ADAS, driver information and infotainment domains, Mentor Graphics Corporation has acquired XS Embedded (XSe). XSe brings an approach to accelerate system design and verification by providing automotive-grade hardware and software to reduce the time to SOP.

Thermal issues are the key technology barrier to LED adoption for general lighting applications. By Dr. John Parry, Electronics Industry Manager, Mechanical Analysis Division, Mentor Graphics.

Mentor Graphics and Intel Corporation have announced that Mentor’s circuit simulation and sign-off tools are fully enabled for Intel’s 14nm Tri-Gate process technology for customers of Intel Custom Foundry. Mentor and Intel Custom Foundry are providing models and rule decks for circuit simulation, design rule checking (DRC) and layout vs. schematic checking (LVS) for mobile and cloud infrastructure applications.

Providing designers with the ability to assemble and optimise complex electronic systems, the Xpedition Path Finder product suite has been launched by Mentor Graphics. The product suite supports a methodology that leverages layout data from the IC and board design teams to guide and automate IC package selection and optimisation. 

Designed for power cycling and thermal testing of electronics components to simulate and measure lifetime performance, the MicReD Industrial Power Tester 1500A has been launched by Mentor Graphics Corporation. The MicReD Industrial Power Tester 1500A tests the reliability of power electronic components that are increasingly used in industries such as automotive and transportation including hybrid and electrical vehicles and tr...

Mentor Graphics has announced that its IC design to silicon solution has achieved certification for TSMC’s Design Rule Manual (DRM) and SPICE model version 1.0 for its 16nm FinFET process. The certification includes tools in the Calibre physical verification and DFM platform, as well as the Olympus-SoC place and route system, the Pyxis custom IC design platform, and Eldo SPICE simulator.

LEONI has expanded its use of Mentor Graphic's Capital software throughout the world. LEONI now has significant Capital software deployments in Europe, America and Pacific Rim. This growth is driven in part by increasing adoption of the modular approach to wire harness configuration management, also known as customer-specific or zero give-away harnessing.

Addressing X-value verification in RTL and gate level designs, the Questa Verification Platform has been launched by Mentor Graphics. The platform links simulation and formal verification capabilities to deliver complete X-value analysis and debug, which helps an IC design team avoid the risk of silicon and simulation failure. 

Berkeley Design Automation, a nanometer circuit verification company, has been acquired by Mentor Graphics. The acquisition of BDA aligns with Mentor’s goal to deliver technologies with superior performance and automation for the growing challenges of Analog/Mixed-Signal (AMS) verification. 

Mentor Graphics announce the first phase of a new systems design enterprise platform to address today's PCB systems challenges of increased complexity, changing team demographics and systems-aware design requirements. The Xpedition platform significantly simplifies and accelerates the development of the industry’s most challenging designs.

A proposal to form a new Accellera standards committee, to investigate the standardisation of a graph-based test specification standard, has been made by Mentor Graphics. To underscore this endeavor, Mentor will make a technical donation of its existing graph-based test specification format to jump-start the standardization effort.

Undo Software has announced that Mentor Graphics has purchased and is using its UndoDB reversible debugging tool to increase productivity and develop Linux code faster. By using UndoDB, Mentor Graphics has reduced the time spent debugging code by two thirds, vital in the competitive electronic design marketplace.  

The Shanghai ZhangJiang Institute has adopted Mentor Graphic's Veloce 2 emulation system. The Shanghai ZhangJiang Institute will be using the system for its research and development activities targeting the functional verification of SoC integrated circuit designs.

Designed for Linux based IVI system development, Mentor Graphics has announced the latest version of their GENIVI 5.0 compliant Automotive Technology Platform (ATP).