Digitalization of automotive manufacturing

What’s new in the automotive industry — January 2022

As we move into the new year, the dynamic development in the automotive industry continues to increase and confront companies…

Future car designed with an MBSE approach

V&V for Your Vehicle Development (and Your Children)

You often hear concerning a specific portion of an automotive engineering project, “that’s his baby.” Developing a vehicle, in many…

Volkswagen Automotive Group approves Mentor’s Volcano™ VSTAR AUTOSAR BSW for Deployment in VAG Brands

Volkswagen Automotive Group approves Mentor’s Volcano™ VSTAR AUTOSAR BSW for Deployment in VAG Brands

I am pleased to announce that Volkswagen Automotive Group (VAG) has approved Mentor’s Volcano™ VSTAR product for use in VAG…

On winning a World Electronics Achievement Award for our automated driving solution

On winning a World Electronics Achievement Award for our automated driving solution

I’m pleased to announce that the Siemens PLM Software automated driving solution has won the “Innovative Product of the Year…

Multi-target, multi-source fusion in autonomous driving – an introduction

Multi-target, multi-source fusion in autonomous driving – an introduction

In my last blogs, I considered some of the concepts for deploying machine learning within autonomous driving applications. In the…

Which validation, verification and testing method is right for your autonomous vehicle chip project? You may be surprised.

Which validation, verification and testing method is right for your autonomous vehicle chip project? You may be surprised.

Shift-left testing is a methodology in which testing is performed earlier in the product lifecycle — that is, it is…

Neural Networks – Artificial Experts or Simple Pattern Matching?

Neural Networks – Artificial Experts or Simple Pattern Matching?

In my last blog, I introduced the some of the technology challenges of realizing machine learning, specifically when it comes…

Six Design Elements Are Key for Autonomous Vehicles

Six Design Elements Are Key for Autonomous Vehicles

Each of these six major functional subsystems must be considered and carefully integrated to ensure autonomous operation. By John Blyler…

Autonomous Driving – Effective utilisation of machine learning

Autonomous Driving – Effective utilisation of machine learning

My last blog introduced some of the key technology challenges in sensing and perception for autonomous driving. Now I would like…

When Will Autonomous Vehicles Arrive?

When Will Autonomous Vehicles Arrive?

Autonomous vehicle are already being tested on the road and will be available soon but developers need tools now to…