Mentor Graphics Announces Ford is to Standardize on the CHS Electrical Design Tools Worldwide.DETROIT -- Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics, Inc (NASDAQ: MENT) is a US-based multinational corporation dealing in electronic design automation (EDA) for electrical engineering and electronics, as of 2004, ranked third in the EDA industry it helped create. Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) announced today Ford Motor Company's decision to standardize stan·dard·ize v. 1. To cause to conform to a standard. 2. To evaluate by comparing with a standard. worldwide on Mentor Graphics CHS (Cylinder Head Sector) An earlier method of addressing a hard disk by referencing all three physical elements of the drive. It was superseded by logical block addressing (see LBA). [TM] flow for the design of vehicle electrical systems. The intent is that CHS will be used by the entire Ford group including the Jaguar[R], Land Rover See LANRover. [R], Mazda[R] and Volvo[R] brands. Ford Motor Company will deploy CHS's powerful electrical system design and integration software, and also the CHS harness engineering and costing tools. This full CHS flow provides Ford with significantly enhanced engineering productivity by automating time consuming tasks. More importantly, CHS's generative gen·er·a·tive adj. 1. Having the ability to originate, produce, or procreate. 2. Of or relating to the production of offspring. generative pertaining to reproduction. design flow promotes component and system re-use, thus consolidating purchasing volumes, and provides a rules-driven correct-by-construction paradigm that eliminates wiring integration errors. Using unique wiring synthesis technologies, CHS automates construction of all wiring interconnects taking into account the multiple options and variants that derive from the marketing configuration complexity of modern automobiles. Because Ford will also adopt Mentor's harness engineering and costing tools, data can be readily flowed throughout the design process, including to the tier 1 harness supplier base. This not only encourages a design-for-manufacture outlook but also supports robust design change processes. Fundamental to CHS is the philosophy that design data management is key to solving the problem of electrical design complexity. Much of this complexity derives from the huge configuration challenge noted above, a problem faced by Ford and indeed all automotive OEMs. CHS is a data-centric toolset, with each software application built around a common object model contained within the Capital Manager[TM] application. By capturing and acting on the complex configuration relationships during the electrical design flow, CHS allows this complexity to be properly managed. "By adopting CHS, Ford Motor Company is taking a very strong position in the deployment of these modern technologies. The electrical system is a high impact aspect of a modern automobile. By standardizing on CHS, Ford will achieve cost, reliability and time-to-market advantages in terms of part number control, design error reduction and architectural optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. " said Martin O'Brien Martin O'Brien (b. Enniskillen, 1954) a native of Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh is a journalist and producer with BBC Northern Ireland. Since 1995 he has produced Sunday Sequence, BBC Radio Ulster's weekly religious affairs and ethics programme, jointly winning four Andrew Cross , general manager of Mentor's Integrated Electrical Systems Division. About Mentor Graphics Mentor Graphics Corporation (Nasdaq: MENT) is a world leader in electronic hardware and software design solutions, providing products, consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" and award-winning support for the world's most successful electronics, semiconductor and automotive companies. Established in 1981, the company reported revenues over the last 12 months of over $725 million and employs approximately 4,050 people worldwide. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon Wilsonville is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 13,991 at the 2000 census, and as of 2005 was estimated to be 16,510.[1] Geography Wilsonville is located at (45.306805, -122. 97070-7777. The company has more than 70 offices worldwide, including Detroit, Munich and Tokyo. World Wide Web site: http://www.mentor.com/. Mentor Graphics is a registered trademark and CHS and Capital Manager are trademarks of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective owners. |
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