WILSONVILLE, Ore. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — December 17, 2013 — Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) and Chinese automaker Jianghuai Automobile Co Ltd (JAC) today announced the successful deployment of the Mentor® Volcano™ and Capital® tool suites. As one of China’s leading automotive OEMs, JAC uses the Mentor Capital suite for electrical system design and Volcano products for in-vehicle communications implementation.

As one of China’s leading automotive OEMs, JAC uses the Mentor Graphics Capital suite for electrical system design and Volcano products for in-vehicle communications implementation. (Photo: Business Wire)

Now deployed into both passenger and commercial vehicle projects, the Mentor technology delivers benefits to JAC ranging from enhanced design quality to reduced power consumption within the vehicles. These benefits are amplified because the deployment of the Mentor tools is now extending to JAC’s supply chain.

JAC uses several Mentor products for electrical system design including the Capital Logic™ product, Capital HarnessXC™ product and mechanical CAD integration products. Following a successful pilot project, JAC has now standardized the Capital suite for all production platforms. This allows JAC to rigorously apply its intellectual property such as component definitions, design constraints, and rule checks. Use of the Capital tool suite by JAC’s wire harness suppliers extends data continuity to the manufacturing domain. Together with the Capital tool suite’s advanced data management capabilities, these factors help ensure data consistency and promote design quality. Furthermore, JAC’s electrical engineers are able to reduce overall harness cost and weight by exploring alternative implementations using metrics generated dynamically by the Capital Insight™ product. Wire harnesses are both expensive and heavy, and while cost reduction is always a key driver, weight reduction is now receiving close attention in order to boost fuel efficiency and minimize emissions.

JAC also uses the Mentor products for in-vehicle communications. Specifically, JAC’s LIN and CAN communications are designed using Volcano Network Architect™ (VNA), which helps automate network design and provides deterministic analysis such as end-to-end timing verification. In addition, JAC is now adopting the Mentor Volcano Target Package™ (VTP) embedded communications software for several ECUs. The VTP software is helping JAC realize important benefits such as reduced ECU power consumption and improved diagnostic capability.

Mr. Yan Gang, deputy general manager, JAC said, “Mentor’s technology for automotive electrical and electronics design is world leading. Given the importance of electronic systems in modern vehicles, products such as Capital and Volcano clearly boost JAC’s competitive position, not only in China but also worldwide.” This point was amplified by Danny Perng, Mentor Graphics vice president for the PacRim region, who commented, “Electrical and electronics design are clearly intertwined. JAC provides a great example of how Mentor’s extensive product range can deliver tangible benefits in these critical domains.”

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 nearly $1,090 million. 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 of Mentor Graphics Corporation. Volcano, Capital HarnessXC, Capital Logic, Capital Insight, Volcano Network Architect and Volcano Target Package are all 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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