Mentor Blogs

The Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum: Military & Aerospace (IESF) presented by Mentor Graphics takes place 20 March 2013 at the Hilton Anatole in Dallas, Texas — a wonderful location, 73 degrees F and partly cloudy, for a break in the wintry weather in the Northern U.S. and Canada. This year’s tracks tackle issues related to: Electrical Distribution Systems, System Engineering, System … Read More

Military, Milaero, Mentor, and UTC Aerospace Systems, Mentor Graphics, Mentor.com, Mil-Aero, Aerospace, IBM, electrical, Electronic, IESF, Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum: Military & Aerospace, Design Automation, L-3 Link Simulation, Engineer, Embedded Systems, Geek, Richard L. Aboulafia, Worldwide Certification Services, Teal Group, Triad Semiconductor, SAAB Aeronautics, Software

  Those who drive into urban areas every so often, or every day, might appreciate this: INRIX® launched a parking navigation service at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last week. The service provides information on more than 18,000 off-street parking locations in North America and a total of 42,000 spaces in 36 countries in Europe. Information includes the current cost to … Read More

ParkMe, Kenwood, Parkopedia, CenNavi, Excelon DNN770HD, 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Twitter, IBM, INRIX, Excelon DNN990HD, Faceboook

Mentor made significant announcements during a well-attended IESF in suburban Detroit.  Its Capital® tool suite has been accredited to IBM’s “Ready for IBM Rational” program, which validates integrations between IBM’s Rational Software Delivery Platform and adjacent applications, promising seamless interoperability. (In his IESF presentation, Paul Hansen, editor and publisher of the Hansen Report … Read More

Inflexion, in-vehicle infotainment, Rational Team Concert, Capital Harness, Capital tool suite, ADIT, IBM, Ready for Rational, Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH, IESF, DENSO Corporation, Simco Ltd., GENIVI 2.0, The Hansen Report on Automotive Eelctronics

Elektrobit (EB) and IBM announced a software development initiative to deliver an integrated solution based on AUTOSAR 4.0. EB is integrating IBM Rational Rhapsody, a graphical modeling tool for complex software systems, with EB tresos, a tool that provides a framework for basic software configuration and deployment down to basic hardware control components within a car. The firms said the integration … Read More

software development tool-chain, EB tresos, ECU software development, AUTOSAR 4.0, IBVM Rational Rhapsody, shorter development cycles, Elektrobit, IBM

The week of April 28th, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) highlighted its supercomputers in what they call “Supercomputing Week 2011” (ECHO, Echo, echo). NNSA’s three national laboratories house some of the world’s fastest supercomputers: Roadrunner, Cielo, BlueGene/L, Dawn/Sequoia, and RedStorm. I was intrigued when I came across an article on a recent project preformed … Read More

Sandia National Laboratory, Roadrunner, Military, Cielo, National Nuclear Security Administration, NNSA, RedStorm, Aerospace, Geek, Mentor Graphics, Mentor.com, IBM, Mil-Aero, Electronic, Milaero, Embedded Systems, LLNL, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Mentor, Sequoia, Testbed for Space Situational Awareness (TESSA), SNL, TESSA

If you haven’t already signed up for IESF (Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum) Automotive, here is the link:  http://lyris.mentor-info.com/t/231322/15801563/18190/5846/  IESF is scheduled for June 2 at the Hyatt Regency Dearborn (MI). If you’ve attended IESF in past years you know its value for both quality technical presentations and networking. I am looking forward to hearing John McElroy (Autoline) … Read More

IESF, IBM, General Motors, Mentor Graphics, The Hansen Report, Autoline, AUTOSAR

I want lots of connectivity in my next car and have every reason to expect it (and, of course, to use it responsibly). We’re talking-cutting edge technology of the kind increasingly available to mid-range buyers; features like Internet access, voice recognition, full-color touch-screen displays, diagnostics, and various forms of infotainment. I was a bit surprised to learn that all of that and more … Read More

OLED Displays, Network Car, LCD, Android, Bluetooth, Linux, Microsoft, Netscape, 3G Cellular, Google, Delphi, DSRC, IBM, Infotainment, Bob Schumacher, COMDEX, Internet Access, DVB-T, DVB-SH, Genivi Consortium, QNX, Voice Recognitiion, Wi-Fi, Touch-Screen Displays, USB, Smartphones, Sun Microsystems