WILSONVILLE, Ore., March 13, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor
Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) announces that independent
compliance firm SGS-TÜV Saar has certified the ISO 26262 compliance
of Mentor's Software Tool Qualification Report for its Questa®
Simulation, Verification Management and Clock-Domain Crossing (CDC)
products.
With this certification, these Questa solutions are the latest
additions to the Mentor Safe program, which is one of the
industry's broadest and most comprehensive ISO 26262 qualification
initiatives. Mentor Safe enables customers to integrate Mentor
tools and software into their safety-critical design and
verification flows at all criticality levels from ASIL A to ASIL D.
Mentor Tool Qualification Kits provide all information necessary to
properly evaluate use cases and confidence levels, reducing
qualification efforts for OEMs and automotive semiconductor
suppliers.
"Securing ISO 26262 certification for our Questa Tool
Qualification Report further reinforces Mentor's commitment to
helping our customers meet and exceed the automotive industry's
rigorous safety requirements," said Brian
Derrick, vice president and general manager at Mentor
Graphics. "With this milestone, the Mentor Safe functional safety
program continues its rapid expansion across our world-class
portfolio of design automation technologies."
SGS-TÜV Saar certified the Software Tool Qualification Report
for the three Questa products. The report provides assumed use
cases and evidence that the software tool is suitable to be used
for any tool confidence level (TCL) activity or task required by
ISO 26262. Questa Simulation provides high performance, high
capacity simulation for comprehensive advanced verification capable
of reducing risk of validating complex automotive designs. Questa
Verification Management analyzes coverage and verification data,
providing complete insight necessary for the coverage and metric
driven flows required to satisfy ISO 26262. Questa CDC provides
industry-leading clock domain crossing analysis for complex
automotive SOC's, verifying synchronization and metastability
effects that cannot be dealt with by simulation-based verification
techniques.
"Today's safety-critical automotive products require development
and tool flows which are proven safe in accordance with ISO 26262,"
said Gudrun Neumann, software &
automation team leader for SGS-TÜV Saar. "SGS-TÜV Saar
certification gives OEMs and suppliers confidence that
qualification reports for software tools used in the development of
safety-critical products have been properly assessed in accordance
with ISO 26262, reducing the costly efforts needed for tool
qualification."
Mentor is a long-established automotive systems supplier,
engaged with nearly every leading OEM and Tier 1 supplier, and
providing design tools and embedded software in the areas of
connectivity, electrification, autonomous drive and vehicle
architecture. The company also offers a broad portfolio of ISO
26262-compliant tools for the design and creation of
automotive-grade ICs. Mentor's distinguished track record in
supplying automotive-grade electrical and electronic systems spans
nearly 30 years.
Mentor Safe products will ship with comprehensive enablement
collateral providing descriptions and best practices information in
the use of program-qualified products. More information on the
Mentor Safe program and certified Mentor Graphics products and
solutions is available at http://go.mentor.com/mentorsafe.
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation 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 electronic,
semiconductor and systems companies. Established in 1981, the
company reported revenues in the last fiscal year of approximately
$1.28 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 Questa are registered trademarks of
Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are
the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective
owner.)
For more information:
Jack
Taylor
(512) 560-7143
Jack_Taylor@mentor.com
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