Synopsys and SiMa.ai Announce Strategic Collaboration to Accelerate Development of Automotive Edge AI Solutions

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec 18 (Bernama) -- Synopsys (Nasdaq: SNPS) and SiMa.ai today announced a strategic collaboration to jointly deliver a new solution for automotive companies to accelerate the development of workload-specific silicon and software needed to power artificial intelligence-enabled features in next-generation automobiles. The solution will combine Synopsys' best-in-class EDA, automotive-grade IP, and hardware-assisted verification solutions with SiMa.ai’s leading machine learning accelerator (MLA) IP and complete ML software stack application development environment for maximum customization of IP, subsystems, chiplets, and SoCs.

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and In-vehicle Infotainment (IVI) are emerging as key differentiators for automakers with a tremendous diversity in applications. The advent of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) features in these applications requires artificial intelligence (AI) at the edge to deliver real-time, multi-modal in-car experiences. However, current software-defined vehicle (SDV) architectures are not equipped to support related demands for the diversity of applications and the required compute, performance, and reliability. Automakers need AI-ready, workload-verified, power-efficient software architectures to compete in this new environment. Further, they need hardware-software co-design solutions, from silicon–to–systems, to reduce development costs and de-risk start-of-production timelines.