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…

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…

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…

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…

Guidelines to a successful ISO 26262 Lifecycle

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

Getting your Safety Architecture just right

Introduction In a recent industry survey, roughly 40% of ASIC and FPGA project starts had functional safety part of their…

The configurability dilemma creating safe ICs

A traditional automobile today consists of multiple systems controlling everything from the interior atmosphere to drive train to more advanced…

The importance of effective Safety Analysis

In the recent Wilson research industry survey, semiconductor companies reporting have made it clear that functional safety activities consume a…