Ensuring Trustworthiness of AI-Enhanced Embedded Systems


Artificial Intelligence (AI) is unlocking new capabilities in safety-critical systems, from enhanced motor control to autonomous driving. However, integrating AI safely remains a significant challenge due to its data-driven nature and operation in open and real-world variability. While established standards such as ISO 26262 and ISO 21448 provide a foundation for functional safety and intended ... » read more

Accelerating Automotive Innovation: SRAM Compiler Breakthroughs for 5nm and 3nm SoCs


Modern automotive SoCs must deliver extreme performance, functional safety, and long‑term reliability — all under growing power and thermal constraints. This white paper explains how next‑generation Synopsys SRAM Compiler IP for TSMC N5A and N3A helps design teams meet these challenges with measurable gains in PPA, reliability, and system robustness. Why Read this White Paper: See... » read more

Unified, Traceable Framework For Risk Assessment in Automotive Semiconductors (Robert Bosch)


A new technical paper, "An Integrated Failure and Threat Mode and Effect Analysis (FTMEA) Framework with Quantified Cross-Domain Correlation Factors for Automotive Semiconductors," was published by researchers at Robert Bosch GmbH. Abstract "The automotive industry faces increasing challenges in ensuring both functional safety (FuSa) and cybersecurity for complex semiconductor devices. Tr... » read more

Accelerating The ASIL Journey For Chipmakers


In the world of automotive innovation, safety is the silent partner riding shotgun. As vehicles evolve into complex, software-defined machines, the stakes for ensuring functional safety have never been higher. This is where ISO 26262 steps in—not as a mere checklist, but as a comprehensive framework that guides engineers through the intricacies of designing systems that won’t just perform, ... » read more

FuSa Flow For Achieving An ASIL-C Safety Architecture


ISO 26262, titled “Road vehicles – Functional safety,” is an international standard for the functional safety of electrical and electronic systems in road vehicles. First published in 2011 and revised in 2018, ISO 26262 adapts the broader IEC 61508 standard for automotive applications. The ISO 26262 standard underscores the importance of achieving specific random hardware failure rate tar... » read more

Achieving An ASIL-C Safety Architecture


By Ann Keffer, Jyothy Melaedavattil Jaganathan, and Arun Gogineni The ISO 26262 standard offers a structured framework for managing functional safety across the entire development lifecycle of automotive electronic systems—from specification and design to implementation, integration, verification, validation, and production release. It emphasizes the importance of meeting specific random h... » read more

SDVs And AI Forcing Big Changes In Automotive


The automotive industry is undergoing a fundamental transformation that includes everything from software-defined vehicles, the injection of AI into nearly every facet of the design and use case of a vehicle, and a complete overhaul of traditional relationships between different tiers and OEMs. The switch to software-defined vehicles is a top priority for the automotive ecosystem. It enables... » read more

CodaCache Last-Level Cache IP


CodaCache Last-Level Cache (LLC) IP, is a configurable, standalone cache designed to enhance system performance, data locality, scalability, power efficiency, and cost-effectiveness in system-on-chip (SoC) designs. It aims to optimize data sharing among computing engines, accelerators, and data processing blocks by improving prefetching mechanisms to lessen reliance on main memory, thereby enha... » read more

In-System/In-Field Testing Using High-Quality Deterministic Test Patterns


The amount of electronic content in passenger cars is growing rapidly, primarily due to the integration of advanced safety features. The shift towards fully autonomous vehicles, which must comply with stringent safety standards, will further increase the number of electronic components required. Testing efforts must be of exceptional quality. The target test time is often limited to less than 1... » read more

The Challenges Of Testing Automotive Chips


For as long as semiconductor devices have been around, motor vehicles have been one of the toughest operating environments. Chips in automobiles, trucks, and buses are subject to extremes of temperature, humidity, vibration, and radiation. The challenges of designing for these environmental conditions have grown more pronounced with advanced technology nodes, which are necessary to satisfy mark... » read more

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