tag: functional safety

Accelerating The ASIL Journey For Chipmakers
By Adiel Bahrouch - 07 Aug, 2025 - Comments: 0

In the world of automotive innovation, safety is the silent partner riding shotgun. As vehicles evolve into complex, software-defined machines, the stakes for ensuring functional safety have never been higher. This is where ISO 26262 steps in—not as a mere checklist, but as a comprehensive framework that guides engineers through the intricacies of designing systems that won’t just perform, ... » read more

Achieving An ASIL-C Safety Architecture
By Ann Keffer - 07 Aug, 2025 - Comments: 0

By Ann Keffer, Jyothy Melaedavattil Jaganathan, and Arun Gogineni The ISO 26262 standard offers a structured framework for managing functional safety across the entire development lifecycle of automotive electronic systems—from specification and design to implementation, integration, verification, validation, and production release. It emphasizes the importance of meeting specific random h... » read more

Solving The Mixed Criticality Challenge In Automotive Controllers
By Imagination Technologies - 09 Jul, 2025 - Comments: 0

Car users want immersive and interactive in-vehicle experiences, especially as autonomous driving technology takes over more of our driving responsibilities. To satisfy this demand, automotive manufacturers are deploying multiple display environments in their cars, from cockpits to heads-up displays and from central infotainment screens to rear-seat entertainment. All of these displays are powe... » read more

The Challenges Of Testing Automotive Chips
By Pawini Mahajan - 10 Jun, 2025 - Comments: 0

For as long as semiconductor devices have been around, motor vehicles have been one of the toughest operating environments. Chips in automobiles, trucks, and buses are subject to extremes of temperature, humidity, vibration, and radiation. The challenges of designing for these environmental conditions have grown more pronounced with advanced technology nodes, which are necessary to satisfy mark... » read more

Accelerated Assurance For Functional Safety
By Jake Wiltgen - 05 Jun, 2025 - Comments: 0

Today’s electronic systems face unprecedented challenges in ensuring functional safety. As autonomous vehicles navigate our streets, medical devices sustain lives, and industrial automation systems control critical processes, the need for robust safety processes and supporting automation has never been more crucial. The complexity of modern electronic systems, coupled with stringent safety st... » read more

Safety Architecture and Approaches for Automotive SW And HW Including ASIL D And AI/ML (Mercedes-Benz, U. Of Washington)
By Technical Paper Link - 11 May, 2025 - Comments: 0

A new technical paper titled "Key Safety Design Overview in AI-driven Autonomous Vehicles" was published by researchers at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America and University of Washington . Abstract "With the increasing presence of autonomous SAE level 3 and level 4, which incorporate artificial intelligence software, along with the complex technical challenges they present... » read more

Functional Safety Insights For Today’s Automotive Industry
By Jyotika Athavale - 01 May, 2025 - Comments: 0

As cars have evolved into rolling computing platforms, vehicle safety now extends well beyond the traditional seat belt. While they still take us to the grocery store, they also integrate advanced technology, enabling the rapid fusion of multimodal data through edge devices such as sensors and actuators. Modern vehicles offer unprecedented safety, but they can contain between one to three th... » read more

Extra Safety Measures Needed For Aerospace ICs
By Liz Allan - 01 May, 2025 - Comments: 0

Aerospace safety requirements and standards vary depending on whether a spacecraft is manned or unmanned, and how crucial the mission is. The defense contractors designing these spacecraft take various approaches to functional safety based on how critical a component is for the mission to succeed. While losing a few images during an Earth-bound observation may not matter, losing a satellite ... » read more

The Importance Of Safety Analysis In Automotive Systems Engineering
By Ka-lip Chu - 13 Mar, 2025 - Comments: 0

Over the years, automotive safety has maintained a top spot in the minds of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). Self-driving vehicles, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and AI-driven innovations designed to further protect us on the road are rapidly evolving. It’s been an exciting journey but not without some hiccups for automotive manufacturers along the way. For instance, a... » read more

ISO 26262’s Importance Widens Beyond Automotive
By Adam Kovac - 09 Jan, 2025 - Comments: 0

The ISO 26262 standard, which has become a mainstay since the trend toward vehicle electrification really took root a decade ago, is starting to gain traction in markets outside of automotive chip and system design. At the center of this expansion is a focus on safety under a variety of conditions — extreme temperatures, unexpected vibration, or a collision that is unavoidable. This includ... » read more

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