ISO 26262 - Verification Horizons

2026 Siemens EDA & Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Are We Looking Beyond the Numbers in the 2026 Functional Verification Study?

October 28, 2026

The 2026 Functional Verification Study reveals troubling trends in first-silicon success and project schedules. But the bigger story may be how the nature of verification complexity is changing. Join Harry Foster as he explores what the findings mean for building confidence in today’s increasingly interconnected SoCs.

By Harry Foster

First-Silicon Success

Why First-Silicon Success Is Getting Harder for System Companies

September 3, 2025

First-silicon success is getting harder.

Everyone wants their own chip. Few are hitting first-silicon success.

That’s the paradox shaping today’s semiconductor landscape.

In the 2024 Siemens EDA / Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study, which I authored, we found that only 14% of ASIC/SoC projects achieved first-silicon success — the lowest figure in more than twenty years of tracking this data.

By Harry Foster

Questa One Functional Safety

Accelerated Safety Assurance with Questa One Functional Safety Solution

Explore how the Questa One Functional Safety Solution delivers accelerated safety assurance

By Jake Wiltgen

Safety Lifecycle Components

Safety Lifecycle Evaluation Part 3: A productivity evolution

October 27, 2022

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

October 27, 2022

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

By Jake Wiltgen

How to Mitigate the Impact of Security and Safety Flaws on Automotive ICs

Nearly 7 years ago security researchers uncovered how to remotely access and control the steering, cruise control, and braking system…

By Joe Hupcey III

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…

By Joseph Dailey and Jake Wiltgen

Growing Complexity of Automotive ASICs

I was recently asked to compile some data from our 2020 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study focused specifically on…

By Harry Foster

Guidelines to a successful ISO 26262 Lifecycle

February 4, 2022

New business models continue to drive disrupting innovation into the automotive market. This includes everything from mobility as a service, to…

By Jake Wiltgen and Chuck Battikha