Digital Engineering Drives Industry 5.0


During the Fourth Industrial Revolution, known as Industry 4.0, industrial processes and manufacturing shifted toward digitization in nearly every market, from agriculture and mining to heavy machinery and building automation systems. Today, this digital transformation is not slowing down. A global industrial robotics survey from McKinsey & Co. revealed that industrial companies are expecte... » read more

Agile Development Of Software-Defined Vehicles Using Cloud-Based Virtual Prototypes


By Gunnar Braun and Stewart Williams Automotive software is becoming more expensive and central to a car’s identity. Infotainment, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), traction control, and even powertrain management are all shaped by lines of code. Vehicular codebases can now exceed those of commercial aircraft! The growing adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) and the push toward ful... » 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

Framework To Control And Interact With SystemC-based Virtual Platforms Using The FMI (RWTH Aachen Univ. et al.)


A new technical paper titled "FMI Meets SystemC: A Framework for Cross-Tool Virtual Prototyping" was published by researchers at RWTH Aachen University, MachineWare and tracetronic. Excerpt "As systems become more complex, the demand for thorough testing and virtual prototyping grows. To simulate whole systems, multiple tools are usually needed to cover different parts. These parts include ... » read more

Accelerating Chiplet-Based SoC Design For AI-Defined Vehicles


Today, we are witnessing a paradigm shift towards a more modular design approach that disaggregates SoC functions into various chiplets, each optimized for specific functionalities. Chiplets offer more modularity, which enables product scalability and customization, which is key for AI-defined vehicles, the next generation of software-defined vehicles (SDVs). Cadence’s Helium Virtual and H... » read more

Virtualizer Native Execution Accelerates Software Defined Product Development for Arm Solutions


This whitepaper highlights advancements in virtual prototyping with near native execution performance. The adoption of Arm processor architecture in automotive and data centers is driven by software complexity and ECU consolidation. This shift elevates virtualization performance requirements, supported by Arm's mature software ecosystem. Key Takeaways: Adoption of and convergence of bot... » read more

Pressure Builds To Adopt Virtual Prototypes


Virtual prototypes, often used as a niche tool in the past, are becoming essential for developing complex systems. In fact, systems companies are finding they no longer can function without them. In the semiconductor industry, a virtual prototype is a model for a system at an abstraction level above RTL. But there is no such thing as 'the' virtual prototype. They are constructed for a partic... » read more

Why The SOAFEE Project Is Integral For The Design Of Connected Vehicles


The Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge (SOAFEE) project, of which Synopsys is a voting member, is defined by automakers, semiconductor suppliers, open-source and independent software vendors, and cloud technology leaders. The effort builds on technologies that define standard boot and security requirements for the Arm architecture, while adding a cloud-native development and deployme... » read more

4 Ways To Design More Reliable Automotive Electronics


From engine management systems (fuel injection rate, emissions control, cooling systems) and autonomous controls (lane, speed, park assist, adaptive cruise control) to infotainment systems and comfort systems (climate control, electronic seat adjustment, automatic wipers, etc.), the modern-day gas-powered and electric vehicles have more electronic devices than ever. Indeed, the microprocessors ... » read more

Evaluation of the Thermomechanical Reliability of Electronic Packages Using Virtual Prototyping


A new technical paper titled "Design Optimization by Virtual Prototyping Using Numerical Simulation to Ensure Thermomechanical Reliability in the Assembly and Interconnection of Electronic Assemblies" was published by Fraunhofer ENAS. Abstract "A methodology is presented that allows the evaluation of the thermomechanical reliability of electronic packages using “virtual prototyping.” He... » read more

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