BADEN-BADEN, Germany,
Oct. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Electronics In Vehicles Congress -- Mentor Graphics
Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the availability of the
Mentor® Automotive Safety Certifiable Digital Instrument Cluster
solution enabling safety-critical driver information to be
displayed simultaneously with rich 3D graphics on a single
instrument cluster display. The software architecture is
implemented on a multi-core and even on single-core System-on-Chip,
and features very fast boot time. This new solution addresses a key
problem for the automotive OEMs: How to migrate safety-critical
driver information to full-featured, graphically-rich digital
instrument clusters and comply with safety standards including ISO
26262, without pushing up hardware or safety certification
costs.
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Automotive OEMs today design digital instrument clusters that
include graphical information relating to essential warnings from
the vehicle, such as icons notifying the driver of brake, engine or
tire problems. The new solution, which is compatible with
safety-certified Nucleus® RTOS and Mentor's automotive-qualified
Linux solutions, allows safety-critical and non-critical
information to be displayed simultaneously on the same display,
while maintaining isolation of safety-related functions to comply
with ISO 26262 safety standards. The low-overhead isolation
features of the solution are uniquely designed to enable the most
efficient use of system resources to allow maximum performance of
rich 3D graphics, together with complex and demanding features such
as infotainment, ADAS and smartphone connectivity, all driven from
the same SoC.
The solution enables car makers to reduce costs because the
system is built on pre-certified components such as the Nucleus®
SafetyCert™ real-time operating system (RTOS), resulting in
minimization of the number of lines of new code to be safety
certified. It reduces silicon cost because the solution runs
on a single SoC, or even a single core, and makes efficient use of
available CPU resources.
Mentor Automotive worked with Socionext Embedded Software
Austria GmbH to integrate their CGI Studio development platform for
automotive HMI with the Safety Certifiable Digital Instrument
Cluster Solution. Reinhard Fuericht, general manager of
Socionext's CGI Studio BU, said, "The capability of the Mentor
Automotive platform is complemented by the high-end graphics and
unique mixed safety-criticality features of CGI Studio, resulting
in a seamless end-to-end solution for safety-certifiable HMI from
tooling to display."
"Embedded software safety is one of the top requirements for
vehicle systems designers, and our ability to merge safety-critical
information from vehicle systems without compromising rich cluster
graphics or functionality has been very well received by our
customers," stated Rainer Oder,
general manager, Mentor Automotive.
About Mentor Automotive
Mentor Automotive provides a
leading portfolio of automotive design tools and software, built on
deep expertise in systems engineering, to help customers solve the
most complex design challenges facing the industry. Solutions
reside in three key areas for automotive electrical and electronic
design: connectivity and networking; in-car experience; and
sub-systems and technology. More information:
www.mentor.com/automotive
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's most successful
electronics and semiconductor companies. Established in 1981, the
company reported revenues over the last 12 months in excess of
$1.24 billion. Corporate headquarters
are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web
site: http://www.mentor.com/.
Mentor Graphics, Mentor, and Nucleus are registered trademarks
and SafetyCert is a trademark of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All
other company or product names are the registered trademarks or
trademarks of their respective owner.
The registered trademark Linux® is used pursuant to a sublicense
from LMI, the exclusive licensee of Linus Torvalds, owner of the
mark on a worldwide basis.
For more information,
please contact:
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James
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Mentor
Automotive
503.685.1778
james_price@mentor.com
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