MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.,
Aug. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
Highlights:
- Virtual prototyping enables development teams to start earlier,
be more productive and rapidly scale verification and validation of
electric vehicle electronic systems
- Integrated solution leverages Synopsys virtual prototyping
technologies, including SaberRD, Virtualizer, Silver and TestWeaver
tailored for the needs of electric vehicles
- Solution supports the broadest set of development tasks from
control systems, firmware and application development to functional
safety, system integration and calibration
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) today announced the
industry's most comprehensive virtual prototyping solution for the
development of electric vehicle (EV) electronics hardware and
software. The integrated solution leverages Synopsys' best-in-class
virtual prototyping technologies, including
Virtualizer™, Silver, TestWeaver® and
SaberRD, enhanced for the specific needs of electric vehicle system
development. From power electronics through software development
and test, the multi-discipline integrated solution enables earlier
and more productive development, and rapid scaling of test
activities by removing the dependency on a physical hardware set
up.
According to Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the global electric
car market will reach 60 million electric vehicles by 2040. As
competition increases, efficiency defined by the traveling range at
a given speed and watt-hours consumption is a key success metric.
Automotive companies are focusing on electronics hardware and
software to enable a more intelligent solution using fewer
electromechanical parts to improve efficiency. In this race,
developers are faced with hardware design, software development and
system testing challenges, such as early design space exploration,
electrical component selection, expensive prototypes, model
availability, complex software development and integration,
functional safety testing and large-scale high bandwidth secure
multi-protocol verification.
"Electronics plays a significant role in improving the
efficiency of electric vehicle systems," said Burkhard Huhnke, Chief Technology Officer at
Fisker Inc. "Reducing development cost and time, and increasing
time-to-market requires deploying new development tools. Virtual
prototyping tools allow for earlier, more productive and broadly
scalable development. Synopsys' integrated virtual prototyping
solution for electric vehicle development is a great step forward,
enabling multi-discipline development and collaboration."
Synopsys' integrated multi-discipline solution based on
industry-proven virtual prototyping technologies have been enhanced
to support the specific needs of EV design including:
- EV model libraries for power electronic, microcontrollers
and AUTOSAR components
- Multi-level fast simulation from abstract to
high fidelity for detailed analysis
- Debug, analysis and test functionality to support functional
safety, HW/SW debug, variation analysis, coverage analysis and
calibration design tasks
- APIs for integration into additional automotive flows
and tools including support for the Functional Mockup Interface
(FMI).
"Optimizing battery management systems, handling complexity of
software, and ensuring functional safety are some of the key EV
development challenges our customers are facing today," said
Tom De Schutter, vice president of
Engineering at Synopsys. "Our continuous investment in virtual
prototyping technologies provides our automotive customers a more
comprehensive application focused solution, enabling them to reduce
development cost and deliver better products."
Availability
Synopsys electric vehicle virtual
prototyping solution is available now.
About Synopsys
Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS) is the
Silicon to Software™ partner for innovative companies
developing the electronic products and software applications we
rely on every day. As the world's 15th largest software company,
Synopsys has a long history of being a global leader in electronic
design automation (EDA) and semiconductor IP and is also growing
its leadership in software security and quality solutions. Whether
you're a system-on-chip (SoC) designer creating advanced
semiconductors, or a software developer writing applications that
require the highest security and quality, Synopsys has the
solutions needed to deliver innovative, high-quality, secure
products. Learn more at www.synopsys.com.
Editorial
Contact:
Simone Souza
Synopsys, Inc.
650-584-6454
simone@synopsys.com
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