For those of you not familiar with Paul Hansen, he has been producing analysis of the automotive electronics market since the late 80's (you can download a sample here). To quote the Wall Street journal it is "the bible of the automotive electronics industry". Each issue covers a range of topics providing an uncannily accurate assessment of our industry and the changes and challenges it faces. About half of each issue profiles a particular supplier, and in April's edition (sorry this is late, but we've covered my abject failure as a blogger) Paul profiled Mentor Graphics and our various automotive offerings.

Paul has presented at the last two IESF events in Detroit (2007 and 2008), and therefore I feel he has a better than average understanding of what it is that we do, and our vision. As a result the profile he has produced is very well balanced combining his industry-insider insight with a comprehensive knowledge of our tools. You can subscribe to his report directly from his web-site http://www.hansenreport.com/ . We have been lucky enough to be able this section of the report, and you can download it directly from the mentor.com web-site at: http://www.mentor.com/solutions/automotive/hansen-report_reg

It's well worth the read, and for those of you that are not just interested in CHS, addresses the complete Mentor Graphics offering for the automotive market, including in-vehicle networks, mechatronic simulation, PCB, and embedded software.