Accellera Announces Formation of the Federated Simulation Standard Working Group
June 24 2024 - 11:03AM
Accellera Systems Initiative (Accellera), the electronics industry
organization focused on the creation and adoption of electronic
design automation (EDA) and intellectual property (IP) standards,
announced today the formation of the Federated Simulation Standard
(FSS) Working Group (WG). The charter of the new working group is
to establish cross-industry collaboration to improve the
interoperability of product and environment simulation, models, and
components using existing and new open standards.
“Throughout the Proposed Working Group period, many companies
across multiple industries expressed interest to consolidate the
requirements for a federated simulation ecosystem,” stated Lu Dai,
Chair of Accellera. “Accellera’s mission is to provide a platform
in which the electronics industry can collaborate to drive
innovation and deliver universal standards that improve design and
verification productivity for design and verification of
electronics products. The FSS WG is an extension of this mission,
wherein substantial coordination of efforts will take place to make
this standard possible.”
“The intent of the Federated Simulation Standard is to develop a
standard and open infrastructure to enable interoperability of
established modeling and simulation standards, technologies, and
tools as part of a distributed, orchestrated, simulation
ecosystem,” stated Martin Barnasconi, Accellera Technical Committee
Chair and Chair of the FSS Working Group. “A standardized interface
will enable interoperability of modeling and simulation throughout
the product lifecycle.”
As part of the development of the standard and open
infrastructure, the FSS WG targets alignment with other standards
such as ED-247 used in avionics, FMI/FMU applied in automotive, and
SMP2 used in the space industry. To take advantage of
cross-industry synergies, the WG also aims to align with open
collaboration and innovation consortia.
Background on Federated Simulation There are
many different simulation approaches and standards from multiple
industries such as avionics, space, semiconductor, automotive, and
mechatronics. The goal is to leverage and connect existing industry
standards and formats to facilitate modeling, integration, and
simulation of complex systems and systems-of-systems. The need for
a federated simulation ecosystem is not new; various standards and
technologies have been developed in the last few decades to address
it. However, many of these solutions have an industry or
application specific focus and do not necessarily address
interoperability across industrial segments. This cross-industry
aspect is increasingly important because of the diverse companies
in supply chains that are sharing and integrating more diverse
models, simulators, and components. In turn, this drives the need
for interoperability and the development of a standardized and open
infrastructure.
The first meeting of the Federated Simulation Standard Working
Group will be held online in July. This initial meeting will focus
on the goals for the working group, its structure, and the
development timeline. For more information on the FSS WG, visit
here. If you are not already an Accellera member and are interested
in joining to participate in the working group and ongoing
development of the standard, visit here.
About Accellera Systems InitiativeAccellera
Systems Initiative is an independent, not-for-profit organization
dedicated to create, support, promote, and advance system-level
design, modeling, and verification standards for use by the
worldwide electronics industry. The organization accelerates
standards development and, as part of its ongoing partnership with
the IEEE, its standards are contributed to the IEEE Standards
Association for formal standardization and ongoing change control.
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Barbara BenjaminPublic Relations for Accellera Systems
InitiativePhone: +1 503 209 2323Email: barbara@hipcom.com