Siemens announced that SAICEC, a provider of chip and system design services for the automotive sector, has begun building complex digital twins of automotive architectures using Siemens’ PAVE360 software. The effort is intended to support more comprehensive verification of automotive components from system to chip-level.
The collaboration focuses on challenges associated with software-defined vehicle (SDV) programs, where increasing architectural complexity and highly integrated features require earlier and more comprehensive validation.
This project is especially relevant for electric vehicles, where high-voltage systems and tightly coupled hardware–software interactions demand robust system-level modeling before hardware is available. By modeling full automotive systems digitally, OEMs can evaluate chip technologies, assess architectural decisions, and identify system interactions early in development.
“Our work with SAICEC illustrates how automotive OEMs are approaching bottlenecks in ADAS and IVI development,” explained Mike Ellow, CEO, Siemens EDA, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “PAVE360 provides the digital twin environment underpinning SAICEC’s new validation certification. Its scalable, multi-fidelity framework can be applied throughout the vehicle development flow.”
SDV programs continue to increase in complexity as expectations for integrated features grow. Many automotive hardware and software teams still work in separate environments with limited system-level insight until physical hardware becomes available. The absence of early-stage validation can result in redesigns when systems fail certification testing. As a result, system-level verification prior to hardware availability is becoming a core requirement for SDV development.
PAVE360 uses Siemens’ Innexis software environment and supporting technologies to enable system-level digital twins of ADAS and IVI functions.
These digital twins can be linked to reference vehicles to perform functional validation beginning at the earliest design stages. OEMs and suppliers can use PAVE360 to evaluate architectures, support verification activities, and conduct development within a consistent digital environment.
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