WILSONVILLE, Ore., Feb. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor
Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) and China's largest SUV and pickup manufacturer
Great Wall Motors (GWM) today announced that GWM has standardized
on the Mentor Graphics® Capital® electrical design tools. This
follows a successful deployment on the Haval SUV model.
The Capital product is an advanced software suite for the
electrical systems and wire harness domain. Used by leading
automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers worldwide, the Capital tool is
built to support the complex demands of integrated processes from
initial product definition through electrical system design,
harness manufacture and vehicle service.
GWM used Mentor Graphics Capital Logic™, Capital Integrator™ and
Capital HarnessXC™ software for electrical system design and
integration, and harness design of the Haval SUV. GWM deployed the
Mentor® Capital generative flow, a breakthrough in the automation
of systems integration. The generative flow automatically merges
re-usable system signal connectivity data with physical topologies
to synthesize fully-detailed vehicle wiring designs. This removes a
huge part of the system integration task, saving time and improving
quality. This benefit left GWM engineers free to innovate, for
example by investigating a wide range of possibilities to determine
the optimum electrical implementation in terms of cost and
weight.
"The Capital suite provided a great improvement in data reuse
and efficiency of system integration. It is also a practical
product cost optimization tool. The benefits GMW will obtain from
Capital will be even larger as we use the tools in a yet more
sophisticated manner," said Xinhong
Zhang, the project manager in Great Wall Motors.
"Using Capital GWM has achieved a very high level of development
efficiency," said Nick Smith,
business development director of the Mentor Graphics Corporation
Integrated Electrical Systems Division. "This puts them in an
excellent position as vehicle electrical systems become more
complex and time-to-market cycles become ever shorter."
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 in excess of $1.15 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 Capital are registered trademarks
and Logic, Integrator and HarnessXC are trademarks of Mentor
Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the
registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective
owners.)
For more information, please
contact:
James
Price
Mentor Graphics
503.685.1778
james_price@mentor.com
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