Mentor Graphics has acquired the Virtual Garage product line from Freescale. Virtual Garage is a software suite that addresses two topics within the design and management of automotive electrical and electronic systems: the trade-off between value-of-variety and cost-of-complexity caused by optional electronic content; and provision of vehicle-specific design data, such as dynamic electrical schematics, on demand to service networks.

Mentor has acquired the relevant intellectual assets and the key architects of the solutions. Mentor also acquired one key commercial contract under the acquisition. Following this technology acquisition, Virtual Garage will be incorporated into Mentor’s automotive industry product portfolio.