How design and verification technologies can ensure functional safety of automotive SoCs

Functional safety is critical for the automotive systems-on-chip (SoCs) that are the technology backbone for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), infotainment equipment, and other in-car systems. However, meeting the various safety standards can be time-consuming and labor-intensive, involving voluminous amounts of data that changes as the standards evolve.

by Adam Sherer, Cadence Design Systems - Embedded Computing Design, May. 19, 2015 – 

Following certain methodologies can make it more efficient for designers to ensure an automotive system will behave as anticipated, even if something unplanned or unexpected occurs. A set of design and verification technologies that automate fault injection and result analysis for intellectual property (IP), SoC, and system designs can reduce automotive ISO 26262 compliance efforts by up to 50 percent.

What does functional safety involve?

Functional safety is the concept that a system will remain dependable and function as intended even in the face of an unplanned or unexpected occurrence. If a system is functionally safe, then it is assumed that the system is able to avoid unacceptable risk of physical injury or damage.

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