The Power of Emulation – Part 1
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The “Internet on Wheels” – otherwise known as the Connected Car – is fueling phenomenal growth and challenges for automotive innovation. Not only must developers manage the inevitable transition from LTE to 5G connectivity, they also need to navigate many different protocols and standards. Meeting and overcoming these challenges will ensure safety and performance as the industry works to enable more safety and convenience applications with advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and eventually, completely self-driving cars.
Automakers can no longer rely on road-driving tests at a later stage of their development cycle to ensure that myriad connectivity applications work seamlessly. Designing for optimal functionality of the Connected Car is now a prerogative at the early-stage of chip development. The goal is to ensure the car performs flawlessly when it hits the road, especially when it comes to mission-critical tasks such as collision-avoidance, or the ultimate ‘no steering wheel’ autonomous driving experience.
To help engineers cope with design validation, performance verification, and debug, automotive manufacturers are increasingly turning to emulation to solve their design and test challenges.