Synopsys Sets Up Strategic Collaboration with Vector Informatik

Synopsys and Vector Informatik have announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the automotive industry's transformation to software-defined vehicles (SDVs). The collaboration will deliver pre-integrated solutions that leverage Vector's software factory expertise as well as Synopsys' electronics digital twins expertise. The solutions will enable automotive companies to "shift-left" software validation and improve developer productivity, according to Synopsys.

Vector and Synopsys are combining their SDV development capabilities to reduce development costs, facilitate faster development iterations, and enhance software quality from early compliance verification to over-the-air updates and dynamic data collection, the companies share. Initially, the collaboration aims to advance the open-source library, SIL Kit, vital for enabling vehicle-level digital twins. In addition, the companies plan to integrate 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.

"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," says 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."

"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 SIL to HIL," says 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."

Sources: Press materials received from the company and additional information gleaned from the company’s website.