Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION has approved its Volcano™ VSTAR AUTOSAR basic software stack for use in all Toyota vehicles. With this approval, global Tier 1 automotive suppliers can now leverage Mentor's fast, resource-efficient AUTOSAR stack for the design and development of advanced Electronic Control Units (ECUs) in next-generation Toyota models.
Supported by Volcano VSx™ design tools across the development cycle, Mentor's Volcano VSTAR software stack provides scalable AUTOSAR 4 middleware which abstracts the application from the hardware-dependent layer for the rapid development of highly differentiated end-products.
"Toyota's approval of our advanced Volcano™ VSTAR AUTOSAR software reinforces Mentor's broad acceptance and expanding adoption among the world's most prestigious and demanding automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers," said Rainer Oder, General Manager for Mentor Graphics' Automotive Business Unit. "Fueled by innovative technologies and proven systems engineering expertise, Mentor's footprint in global automotive markets continues to expand at a rapid pace."
A longtime premium partner of the AUTOSAR development partnership, Mentor has a well-established track record of promoting AUTOSAR as the premier open standard for automotive electronics engineering. Designed to optimize re-use and transferability of ECU design assets, AUTOSAR allows automotive engineers and suppliers of ECUs to achieve modularity and scalability of software with standardized interfaces, improving the ability to handle high-complexity designs.
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