Selective hardening in space applications

Introduction The space sector continues to experience disruption as innovation drives the creation of new business models across government and…

Re-imagining requirements management for safety-critical projects

Project teams face a host of challenges when developing semiconductors compliant to a safety critical market. Whether that’s ISO 26262…

The UVM string-based Factory can print base and derived objects

The UVM Factory Revealed, Part 2

Introduction This is a follow up to last week’s high-level post on the UVM Factory. Now let’s get technical! Here…

The UVM type-based Factory can print base and derived objects

UVM Factory Revealed, Part 1

Introduction When you first learn UVM, most of the concepts make sense, even if you are new to Object-Oriented Programming….

Automotive Digital Twin

Digital twin and the emerging challenges for silicon suppliers

Introduction The word digital twin is used frequently throughout the automotive ecosystem but putting a clean definition on the exact…

Safety Lifecycle Components

Safety Lifecycle Evaluation Part 3: A productivity evolution

Integration made the difference. The global consulting firm that was asked to conduct the safety lifecycle study advised the company…

ISO 26262

ISO 26262…the tale of Transient and Permanent Faults

Introduction Are you designing to the ISO 26262 standard and trying to decide if your design is safe from random…

Advisors

Safety Lifecycle Evaluation Part 2: The Data is Compelling

Introduction This post builds upon the first post titled Key findings of a safety critical lifecycle evaluation. Simply put, productivity…

Engineering Tools

Clearing the Fog of ISO 26262 Tool Qualification

Introduction Developing products to the ISO 26262 standard requires many activities across multiple disciplines. One of those activities is ensuring…