Working group proposed for federated simulation
Chip and system design experts are meeting in France next month to explore the development of a standard for federated simulation.
The Accellera Systems Initiative is forming a Federated Simulation Standard Proposed Working Group (PWG) to focus on the creation of a distributed and orchestrated multi-domain simulation framework.
This could speed up simulation of increasingly complex chip, software and system designs by combining different types of simulators and making use of cloud technology.
There are many different simulation approaches and standards from multiple industries such as avionics, space, semiconductor, automotive, and mechatronics. The goal of the standard is to connect existing industry standards and formats to facilitate modeling, integration, and simulation of complex systems to enable simulation of systems-of-systems.
The PWG will study the relevant and applied standards in each industry segment and will explore potential cross-connections, alignments, and technologies to best use these standards in conjunction. The group will also explore collaboration and partnerships with other organizations and communities to implement and prototype the standard API as part of the development of the federated simulation ecosystem.
Companies that have shown initial interest include Airbus, AMD, Aptiv, AVL, Bosch, Cadence Collins Aerospace, IRT Saint-Exupery, NXP, Qualcomm, Shokubai, and Spacebel.
“The intent of the proposed Federated Simulation Standard (FSS) is to facilitate the creation of a distributed and orchestrated multi-domain simulation framework, compatible with and complementary to existing approaches used in different industries and sectors,” said Martin Barnasconi, Accellera Technical Committee Chair and Chair of the PWG.
“A standardized communication interface will enable interoperability of virtual modeling, simulation, and integration throughout the product lifecycle. In parallel to the efforts of the PWG, we target establishing an industry-funded project under definition by the Institute for Research and Technology (IRT) Saint Exupéry in Toulouse, France. We look forward to the input from the industry during this initial standardization phase.”
“The objective of the PWG is to identify industry interest and consolidate the requirements to drive standardization and development of an open API and federated simulation ecosystem. We encourage all interested companies to join the PWG and provide input on the need for a standard in this area,” said Lu Dai, Chair of Accellera.
The PWG will collect requirements, identify technical feasibility and industry interest and acceptance, and provide a recommendation to the Accellera Board of Directors whether to start or not start a working group.
The first Proposed Working Group meeting will be held over two days in Toulouse, France. On Monday, September 25 attendees are invited to present use cases, requirements, and expectations of the standard. Tuesday, September 26 will focus on the organizational aspects and intended alignment with other project initiatives or organizations, such as IRT Saint-Exupery, Eclipse Foundation, Linaro, etc. The meeting location and time is communicated when registering to attend this event.
Participants in the FSS PWG do not need to be from Accellera member companies.
To attend for the first PWG meeting in Toulouse, participants are invited to register here. If you are unable to attend the meeting in-person, teleconferencing facilities will be offered for some parts of the meeting. More information on this will be communicated to the registered PWG members in early September.
More information about the PWG and first meeting is here.
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