Mentor Graphics' Design Verification Solutions Receive Automotive Functional Safety Certification
Published2017.03.16 11:04Can Reduce Risks Associated with Complex Automotive Design
Mentor Graphics announced that three Questa products—its design verification solutions (Questa® Simulation, Questa® Verification Management, and Questa® Clock-Domain Crossing (CDC))—have obtained ISO 26262 certification, the international standard for automotive functional safety, from SGS-TÜV Saar, a standardization certification body.
ISO 26262 is an international standard for automotive functional safety established in 2011 to prevent accidents caused by electrical/electronic failures. The Questa products that received this certification have been added as the latest offerings to the Mentor Safe functional safety verification program.
Through the Mentor Safe program, customers can integrate safety design and verification operations required across all levels from ASIL A, the vehicle safety grade, to the highest ASIL D, using Mentor's tools and software. Mentor Tool Qualification Kits provide all necessary information for appropriate evaluation of application cases and confidence levels, thereby reducing the effort required for qualification assessment by OEMs and automotive semiconductor suppliers.
SGS-TÜV Saar, the standardization certification body, certified the Software Tool Qualification Evaluation Report for three Mentor Graphics Questa products (Questa® Simulation, Questa® Verification Management, and Questa® Clock-Domain Crossing).
This report provides hypothetical application cases and evidence demonstrating that the software tools are suitable for all Tool Confidence Level (TCL) activities and tasks as specified in ISO 26262. First, Questa Simulation offers high-performance, large-scale simulation for comprehensive advanced verification, thereby reducing risks associated with verifying complex automotive designs.
Gudrun Neumann, team leader of the Software and Automation division at SGS-TÜV Saar, stated, "Today's safety-critical automotive products require development and tool flows whose safety is proven in accordance with ISO 26262." He further noted, "Obtaining certification from SGS-TÜV Saar assures OEMs and suppliers that software tools used in the development of safety-critical products have been properly evaluated in accordance with ISO 26262, thereby increasing customer confidence in Mentor tools and reducing the cost and effort required for design validation and qualification verification."
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