Mentor Graphics and Agilent Technologies are pleased to announce today the use of the Mentor Graphics BridgePoint xtUML environment in the development of its Micro GC gas chromatography instruments.

Mentor Graphics today announced hardware and software solutions to accelerate the verification of Serial Attached SCSI second-generation products, having speeds up to 6Gbps. Using the Mentor verification solutions, designers can test their SAS Gen2 devices integrated on their System-on-Chip designs, and develop and test their software drivers and applications prior to silicon being available.

Mentor Graphics today announced the Nucleus SmartFit product, a cost-effective, binary version of the Nucleus RTOS optimized to fit the limited internal memory of 32-bit MCUs. The Nucleus SmartFit product also includes Sourcery CodeBench development tools and provides developers with broad connectivity and power consumption options for developing products based on 32-bit microcontrollers.

Mentor Graphics today announced availability of the first, comprehensive IP to System, UPF-based low-power verification flow. The IEEE-1801 UPF has emerged as the low- power standard that enables designers to specify a design’s power intent separately from the design itself ensuring reuse, portability and greater flexibility in power management techniques.

Mentor Graphics Corporation and Mercedes-Benz Trucks today announced successful application of the Mentor Capital software suite to the development of Daimler’s flagship heavy truck, the new Actros. Branded “trucks you can trust”, the Actros includes innovative electrical/electronic systems that significantly boost efficiency, safety, and reliability. The sophisticated nature of these systems drives challenges for the truck&rsqu...

Mentor Graphics announce financial results for the company’s fiscal fourth quarter and year ended January 31, 2013. The company reported revenues of $331.2 million, non-GAAP earnings per share of $.58, and GAAP earnings per share of $.49. For the full fiscal year, revenues were $1,088.7 million, non-GAAP earnings per share were a record $1.42, and GAAP earnings per share were $1.17.

Mentor Graphics today announced availability of the Kronos Cell Characterization and Analysis platform. The Kronos platform quickly produces accurate performance models for standard cells, I/Os, and complex cells within an advanced, integrated environment.

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that is has expanded its automotive business unit by purchasing certain assets from MontaVista, LLC. This establishes Mentor Graphics as the number one commercial provider of Linux-based automotive in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) solutions. Once integration is complete, the Mentor Graphics automotive infotainment solution will feature the combined capabilities of the MontaVista Automotive Technology Platf...

Mentor Graphics today announced the 10.2 release of the Questa functional verification platform, a tightly integrated and extensible set of tools and solutions that is transforming the functional verification of complex System-on-Chip and FPGA designs.

Mentor Graphics today announced that its previously proprietary front-end UML editor has moved into the open source domain. Accessible for free download, this editor was formerly part of the company’s powerful BridgePoint xtUML environment.

Mentor Graphics have today announced the newest release of its market-leading HyperLynx product for superior high-speed design and analysis. Key features in the new HyperLynx product release include advanced 3D channel and trace modeling, improved DDR signoff verification, and accelerated simulation performance—up to 5X faster.

Mentor Graphics today announced comprehensive design, manufacturing, and post tapeout enabling support for Samsung’s 14nm IC manufacturing processes, providing customers with a complete design-to-silicon flow concurrent with early process availability. The fully interoperable Mentor flow helps customers achieve fast design cycles and first time silicon success.

Mentor Graphics today announced significant advances in their T3Ster+TeraLED measurement and characterization hardware, as well as in FloEFD software simulation products, to meet the needs of lighting developers using arrays of LEDs in headlights, taillights and other transportation industry applications. These advances enable developers to efficiently manage the heat and condensation developed by these arrays thus improving product reliability a...

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the availability of a GENIVI 3.0 specification-compliant Linux- based Infotainment (IVI) product. As the provider of one of the first complete solutions to be registered as compliant with the new specification, Mentor Embedded software and services continue to be adopted by Tier 1 suppliers to build advanced in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems.

Mentor Graphics has today revealed the introduction of new hardware and software solutions to accelerate the verification of PCI Express Generation 3 products. These new solutions, when connected to a Veloce emulator, enable designers to test the new generation PCI Express devices on their System-on-Chip designs, and to develop and test their software drivers and firmware prior to silicon being available.

Mentor Graphics announce new formal-based technologies in the Questa Verification Platform that provide mainstream users with the ability to more easily perform exhaustive formal verification analysis. The new Questa AutoCheck technology delivers fully automated formal checking analysis, while the Questa CoverCheck tool provides 100% code coverage closure. The Questa Verification Platform now also offers expanded clock-domain crossing capabilitie...

Mentor Graphics today announced new capabilities to complement TSMC's 20nm manufacturing processes. Enhancements to support both digital and analog/mixed signal 20nm reference flows include new features in the PyxisT IC Station platform, the Eldo fast SPICE simulation products, the Olympus-SoCT place and route system, the CalibreR nmDRCT, Calibre RealTime, Calibre PERCT and Calibre xACT 3D solutions, and the TessentR silicon test product suite.

Mentor Graphics has revealed availability of an update to the popular Universal Verification Methodology Connect to bring the benefits of it to the Open Verification Methodology community. UVM Connect has been extended to allow it to be compiled to run with the OVM. The UVM Connect architecture facilitates easy connection with other environments beyond the initially supported UVM and SystemC. With UVM Connect 2.2, teams using OVM can connect with...

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that Mazda Motor Corporation has chosen the VolcanoT Network Architect (VNA) software to verify their network bandwidth usage. The VNA is a tool to design primarily CAN, but also LIN, networks in a vehicle and facilitate a mathematical way to calculate the worst case scenario on a CAN bus. Mazda's use of VNA has enabled significant improvements in network efficiency and reliability.

Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that its Capital Harness MPM product, a software application that helps wire harness manufacturers cut production costs, has won a Technology Award from SAE’s Automotive Engineering International (AEI). This award is given to the most innovative of supplier technologies by the editors of AEI.