Mentor Graphics Announces Support of Model-driven Design for Six Sigma in the Automotive Industry
17 7์ 2008 - 10:00PM
Business Wire
Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) today announced that its
virtual prototyping tool, SystemVision๏ฟฝ, supports Design for Six
Sigma (DFSS) methodologies to achieve cost-effective design
innovation by a model-driven development process. The development
process for a product made up of a complex blend of hardware and
software, analog and digital signals, sensors and actuators, and a
mix of disciplines, such as electrical, mechanical, or hydraulic,
is difficult to manage efficiently. At the same time, using
physical prototyping to optimize the design for manufacturability
becomes prohibitively expensive, cumbersome, and time consuming.
DFSS methodologies combined with model-driven development can
result in order-of-magnitude improvements in both productivity and
quality when virtual prototyping, automated data collection, and
statistical analyses are used to guide the model-driven development
process. DFSS is a widely accepted approach to developing products
that meet customer needs while minimizing defects. In a DFSS
process, Six Sigma principles are applied during the product
development process to eliminate potential quality problems before
the product goes to volume manufacturing. The SystemVision tool
provides a mixed-signal, multi-discipline modeling/simulation
environment that acts as a virtual lab for the design and analysis
of distributed mechatronic systems. The SystemVision tool
integrates with the Minitab๏ฟฝ Statistical Software package by
Minitab, Inc., which provides a framework for designing experiments
and modeling quality measures. This enables users to access the
SystemVision tool๏ฟฝs powerful multi-run simulation and analysis
capabilities to automate data collection from mathematical models.
๏ฟฝModel-driven development used in conjunction with Six Sigma
enables companies to evaluate new ideas, optimize designs for cost
and manufacturability, and quickly put new products into
production,๏ฟฝ said Michelle Paret, Product Marketing Manager,
Minitab, Inc. ๏ฟฝSystemVision and Minitab together enable Six Sigma
practitioners and product developers to run powerful, automated
simulations, while varying parameter value sets and operating
conditions, to determine the best values to use๏ฟฝthose that define a
robust system capable of delivering the highest quality at the
lowest cost.๏ฟฝ The SystemVision tool leverages industry-standard
modeling languages - VHDL-AMS, SPICE, and C - and includes
graphical design entry capabilities, modeling and library tools,
leading-edge simulation technology, and powerful waveform viewing
and analysis tools. Model-driven development is an approach to
design that uses models to specify requirements, verify designs,
and generate implementations. It allows each stakeholder to
participate in the process at an appropriate level of abstraction,
whether at the functional or specification level, architectural
level, or implementation level. It enables options to be explored
and trade-offs to be made at each level and provides a structure
for communication between stakeholders such as system architects,
system-level and component-level engineers, and Six Sigma
practitioners. The SystemVision tool provides the framework and
tools to support such a model-driven development process. The
design is managed through a model hierarchy starting at the
functional specification stage, moving down through the
architectural design stage, and then to the most detailed,
component-level implementation stage of the process. ๏ฟฝSystematic
experimentation is crucial to investigating the factors that
influence product quality. To compete in today's rapidly changing
business world, companies must quickly attain high yield,
cost-contained, robust results. Model driven development addresses
this,๏ฟฝ said Darrell Teegarden, director of the system modeling
& analysis business unit, Mentor Graphics. The SystemVision
tool provides a unique ability to specify statistical distributions
for any VHDL/VHDL-AMS generic or SPICE parameter, using the values
in monte carlo simulations, and post-process the results (e.g.,
create histograms of measured results, parametric plots of measured
results vs. parametric values, etc.) This provides important
capability for up-front development of required design parameter
tolerances specifications, such as in a DFSS development process.
About Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) is
a world leader in electronic hardware and software design
solutions, providing products, consulting services and
award-winning support for the world๏ฟฝs most successful electronics,
semiconductor and automotive companies. Established in 1981, the
company reported revenues over the last 12 months of over $850
million and employs approximately 4,200 people worldwide. Corporate
headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville,
Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/.
Mentor Graphics is a registered trademark and SystemVision is a
trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or
product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their
respective owners.
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