Innexis ANA Now Available in AWS Marketplace: Accelerating Cloud-Native Software Development for Complex SoCs

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We’re excited to announce that Innexis™ Architecture Native Acceleration (ANA) is now
available in AWS Marketplace, making it easier than ever for organizations to access, procure,
and deploy a powerful cloud-based software development platform for high-performance simulation
of virtual system-on-chips (SoCs). AWS has partnered closely with Siemens EDA on Innexis ANA to
ensure it meets the highest standards for security, scalability and operational excellence from day
one.
As software continues to become a primary differentiator in today’s software defined intelligent
systems—from automotive, medical and industrial applications to physical AI —development teams
need solutions that enable shift left software development and innovation earlier, faster, and at
greater scale. Innexis ANA was built to meet this challenge.

At a Glance
Innexis Architecture Native Acceleration (ANA) is now available in AWS Marketplace,
simplifying how engineering organizations access and deploy a cloud-native software development
platform for complex SoCs and software-defined products.
With Innexis ANA on AWS, development teams can:

• Begin software development and validation before silicon is available, accelerating project schedules and improving software readiness.
• Support software-defined vehicle (SDV) programs with high-speed virtual platforms for
  complex automotive software stacks.
• Accelerate shift-left development by identifying software issues earlier and reducing latestage
  project risk.
• Execute realistic software workloads at near-native speeds using AWS’ Arm®-based
  infrastructure, such as AWS Graviton instances.
• Enable seamless collaboration across globally distributed engineering teams through
  secure, browser-based access and scalable cloud resources.
• Integrate with modern DevOps and CI/CT workflows through comprehensive APIs and
  automation capabilities.
• Simplify procurement and deployment by purchasing Innexis ANA through AWS
  Marketplace alongside the AWS compute resources required to run it.

Together, Innexis ANA and AWS Marketplace help organizations shift-left and accelerate software
innovation, improve engineering productivity, and bring next-generation products to market faster.

Why Innexis ANA Matters

Accelerating Software Development for the Software-Defined Vehicle Era
Organizations across automotive, medical, industrial, and physical AI markets are increasingly
adopting virtual platform technologies to shift left software development and reduce reliance on
physical hardware. Nowhere is this transformation more pronounced than in the automotive
industry, where the transition to software-defined vehicles (SDVs) is making software a primary
source of innovation, differentiation, and customer value.
Features that were once tied to hardware are now delivered and enhanced through software,
enabling OEMs to continuously improve vehicle functionality, user experiences, safety systems, and
autonomous driving capabilities throughout the vehicle lifecycle.
This shift is fundamentally changing how automotive software is developed. OEMs and Tier 1
suppliers are being challenged to create increasingly complex software platforms while reducing
development cycles and maintaining the highest standards for quality and safety. As a result,
software teams can no longer afford to wait for physical hardware availability before beginning
development and validation.

Enabling Shift-Left Software Development
Innexis ANA addresses this challenge by enabling software development to begin much earlier in
the product lifecycle. Using high-speed virtual platforms, engineers can develop, debug, and validate
applications, operating systems, middleware, and drivers before silicon, boards, or Register Transfer
Level (RTL) implementations are available.
By supporting a shift-left development methodology, Innexis ANA helps organizations identify
software and system integration issues earlier, reducing project risk and minimizing costly late-stage
rework. This is particularly important in SDV programs, where software complexity often rivals or
exceeds the complexity of the underlying hardware platform. Innexis ANA also leverages AWS
purpose-built Arm-based Graviton infrastructure to deliver the performance SDV programs require.

High-Speed Virtual Platforms for Complex Automotive Systems
Modern automotive SoCs combine heterogeneous computing architectures—including application
processors, safety and security processors, microcontrollers, AI accelerators, and graphics
processors—to support workloads ranging from infotainment and connectivity to advanced driver
assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving.
Innexis ANA enables engineering teams to build virtual SoC platforms incorporating heterogeneous
Arm Cortex®-A, Cortex-R, and Cortex-M cores, memory subsystems, peripherals, and accelerators.
These virtual platforms allow software teams to begin development long before hardware becomes
available while maintaining API compatibility across modeled peripherals.
Because Innexis ANA executes software natively on AWS’ Arm-based EC2 Graviton instances, teams
can run realistic workloads at GHz speeds significantly faster than traditional instruction-set
simulation (ISS) approaches. This allows developers to validate increasingly complex software stacks
without sacrificing development velocity.

Built for Globally Distributed Development Teams
Vehicle programs increasingly involve collaboration across OEMs, semiconductor suppliers, software
teams, and ecosystem partners distributed around the world. Innexis ANA’s cloud-native architecture
provides scalable compute resources and browser-based access that support seamless collaboration
regardless of location and time zones.
Development teams can rapidly provision virtual platforms, share environments, automate testing
through Continuous Integration/Continuous Testing (CI/CT) workflows, and iterate faster, all while
reducing dependence on physical hardware resources. AWS enables this global collaboration
through multi-region architecture design, automated resource provisioning, and identity provider
integration, so distributed teams can securely access shared virtual platforms from anywhere via a
browser.

The Advantages of Cloud-Based Software Development
Cloud-hosted development environments eliminate many of the constraints associated with physical
hardware platforms. Resources can be provisioned quickly, environments can be shared easily, and
teams can focus more on innovation and less on infrastructure management.
For organizations developing sophisticated SoCs and software-defined products, cloud-based virtual
platforms offer additional benefits:

• Faster onboarding of developers and project teams
• On-demand spin-up of virtual boards
• Scalable computing resources to support demanding workloads
• Shared access and improved collaboration across global engineering organizations
• Rapid iteration and validation throughout the development lifecycle
• Greater flexibility for continuous integration and automated testing workflows

AWS accelerates these advantages through services such as autoscaling, comprehensive cost allocation tagging, and automated backup and disaster recovery, allowing engineering organizations to focus on innovation rather than infrastructure management. By combining virtualization, cloud scalability, and high-performance native execution, Innexis ANA helps organizations modernize their software development processes and bring innovations to market faster.

Why Procure Through AWS Marketplace?
AWS Marketplace is a digital catalog of third-party software, services and data that makes it easy for customers to find, buy, and immediately deploy software and services that run on AWS. Purchasing through AWS Marketplace simplifies your procurement process. In a single trusted channel, you can procure Innexis ANA, discover AWS Graviton-related solutions and services, and deploy the underlying Arm-based processors required to run it. This simplifies budgeting, purchasing, vendor management, and deployment by allowing organizations to align software and compute consumption within their existing AWS ecosystem. Rather than managing separate, lengthy procurement workflows for development tools and infrastructure, engineering and procurement teams can streamline acquisition, accelerate project startup, and scale resources as development demands evolve.

Key advantages include:

• Simplified procurement and deployment
• Faster onboarding and deployment
• Consolidated AWS billing and account management
• Streamlined software governance and administration
• Alignment with broader AWS cloud strategies

For both engineering leaders and procurement teams, AWS Marketplace can help reduce administrative overhead while accelerating access to the tools needed to drive innovation.

Accelerating Time-to-Value
The combination of Innexis ANA and AWS Marketplace delivers a compelling value proposition: powerful cloud-native software development capabilities paired with a streamlined path from evaluation to deployment.
Organizations can discover and evaluate Innexis ANA through AWS Marketplace, procure the software using established AWS purchasing processes, and deploy it on the same AWS infrastructure that provides the scalable Arm-based compute resources required for development and testing. This creates a seamless experience that eliminates much of the friction traditionally associated with adopting new engineering tools.
Engineering organizations gain access to a high-speed virtual platform that supports shift-left
development, cloud scalability, and global collaboration. Procurement teams benefit from a
simplified acquisition path through a trusted marketplace. Together, these advantages help
organizations move more quickly from evaluation to deployment—and ultimately from development
to innovation.

Learn More
Visit the Innexis ANA listing in AWS Marketplace to learn more about how cloud-based virtual
platforms can accelerate software development, reduce project risk, and help your teams innovate
earlier in the design cycle. We look forward to helping more organizations embrace modern software
development workflows through the combined power of Innexis ANA and AWS Marketplace. Visit
the Siemens EDA Shift-Left Software Portfolio page to discover solutions that enable earlier
software development, validation, and system integration.