Vector taps Synopsys for digital twin tech
Cette publication existe aussi en Français
Vector Informatik has signed a strategic deal with Synopsys for a range of automotive software development tools, including digital twin technology.
The collaboration is aiming at the development of software defined vehicles (SDVs) with pre-integrated tool chains using Vector’s software factory expertise and the Synopsys electronics digital twins.
Initially, the collaboration aims to advance the open-source library, SIL Kit, for vehicle-level digital twins as well as integrating Vector’s MICROSAR embedded software and CANoe with Synopsys Silver and Virtualizer Development Kits (VDKs) to provide ready-to-use virtual electronic control units (vECUs) for all types of ECUs within an SDV architecture.
- Synopsys shows virtual protype of automotive RISC-V microcontroller
- Ansys shows autonomous driving development tools ahead of Synopsys deal
- Big three EDA vendors back ARM chiplet push
The technology is already being used by automotive supplier Marelli in Italy as automotive companies are under increasing pressure to transition software development from sequential design to agile and continuous development flows.
This transition is critical to address increasing complexity, support more vehicle platforms and variants, mitigate the limitations of physical test benches, and simplify collaboration with suppliers. This increasing complexity along with frictions within current automotive software toolchains and processes require highly automated software development flows.
“Marelli welcomes the strategic collaboration between Vector and Synopsys, as seamless integration of tools is important for an efficient and fast development process, especially with regard to the creation and use of digital twins for early simulation and validation of complex systems,” said Joachim Fetzer, chief technology and innovation officer, Marelli. “We look forward to using these integrated tools to further accelerate our transition to a fully digital development environment across our electronic product portfolio.”
“The transformation to software-defined vehicles requires automakers to significantly re-engineer their software development and validation methodologies and tooling to accelerate their time-to-market,” said Tom De Schutter, senior vice president, Synopsys Product Management and Markets Group. “Synopsys is a trusted partner to the global automotive ecosystem with more than 50 OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers using our virtual prototyping technologies. Our leadership enabling automotive electronics digital twin technology, combined with Vector’s leading automotive software tools and components expertise, improves time-to-market and efficiency throughout the vehicle lifecycle.”
“Integrating Synopsys’ virtualization solutions enabling electronics digital twins with our Software Factory allows automotive organizations to scale up verification and validation while seamlessly transitioning from software in the loop to hardware,” said Marcus Eggenberger, vice president, Software Factory at Vector Informatik. “This empowers OEMs and their software suppliers to improve quality and lower costs – ultimately driving innovation in the automotive industry.”
www.vector.com/sdv; www.synopsys.com/automotive.html#asd.
If you enjoyed this article, you will like the following ones: don't miss them by subscribing to :
