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News Release from: Mentor Graphics UK
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 19 January 2006
SAIC signs for network design and test
tools
Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp has purchased Mentor's Volcano network design and testing tools to design automotive vehicle networks for its self-branded platforms.
Shanghai Automotive Industries Corp (SAIC) has purchased Mentor's Volcano network design and testing tools to design automotive vehicle networks for its self-branded platforms SAIC will use the Volcano Network Architect (VNA) and the Volcano Tellus test and validation solutions
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 21 Feb 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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The company is the latest to join the long list of Volcano customers that includes Audi, BMW, Bosch, Visteon and Volvo.
The Mentor Graphics Volcano solution provides SAIC with comprehensive networking and datacommunications design tools that support the development of in-vehicle networking systems.
By using Volcano, network design is made easy and predictable, guaranteeing data communication, which reduces the verification effort to almost zero and eliminates warranty and change costs caused by networking issues.
SAIC will use the Volcano Tellus test and validation tools to automatically verify the communication parameters of the vehicle.
New Technology Department Vice Director Fei Hao of SAIC Automotive Engineering Academy said: "Mentor Graphics' Volcano suite for automotive networking enables us to develop our vehicles' multiplexed communication systems substantially quicker than starting from new platform design".
"SAIC design engineers can focus on the vehicles' characteristics, leaving the implementation of the communication to the Volcano tools".
"The tool suite is the ideal solution for companies like SAIC, challenged with taking a technological leap in terms of introducing multiplexed solutions concurrent with launching a new car".
"We are pleased to engage with an exciting company like SAIC to bring sophisticated electronic systems to the rapidly expanding Chinese automotive market", said Serge Leef, General Manager for Mentor Graphics System Level Engineering Division.
"This arrangement is a prime example of Mentor's commitment to the global automotive industry".
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