More and more components providers are targeting IEC61508 certification for next generation MCUs for safety-critical applications.

Munich/Pisa, Germany/Italia - TÜV SÜD Automotive and YOGITECH have entered into an agreement to simplify the IEC61508 certification process for safety-critical systems.

TÜV SÜD Automotive and YOGITECH have set a working procedure addressing the need of Silicon Vendors to speed up the certification process while reducing the overall certification cost and complexity associated: by processing input information of the circuit under assessment at different abstraction levels (block diagram, RTL, Gate Level, Layout), while including at the same time also information related to application/system level, fRMethodology by YOGITECH generates standard reports that are then assessed by TÜV SÜD Automotive in order to release Concept Report and Certification. The overall working procedure provides traceable, quantifiable and comparable metrics, thus considerably reducing subjectivity in the certification process and making all of the certification flow more predictable.

"With that cooperation, two leading specialists for microcontrollers and functional safety now can offer together all necessary services for the silicon vendors and their customers to reach the needed SIL conformity with optimized effort" said Martin Schmidt, Manager Electronics Safety of TÜV SÜD Automotive GmbH. "Each company being interested in the use of the methodologies and tools of Yogitech can be sure to save development costs based on the involvement of TÜV SÜD due to the close teamwork of Yogitech and TÜV SÜD. Furthermore the corresponding certificates generate added value and marketing advantages for customers with certified products."

TÜV SÜD Automotive is a leading independent service supplier for the Automotive, Automation and the Electronics industry. As accredited testing body for functional safety it offers high-end services e.g. with regard to the certification of microcontrollers according to IEC61508.

YOGITECH is the owner of fRMethodology, a process flow allowing a safety oriented design exploration at System-on-Chip level (white-box approach) thus providing quantification and validation of the metrics required for IEC61508 certification (Safe Failure Fraction, Diagnostic Coverage, Failure Rate, etc.). fRMethodology was developed with the supervision of TÜV SÜD Automotive and approved as assessment and validation methodology oriented to IEC61508.

Further information is available at www.tuev-sued.de/automotive

ABOUT TÜV SÜD
TÜV SÜD Automotive GmbH bundles the know-how of TÜV SÜD Group for the automotive and automotive supplier industry. Approximately 430 design and development experts support manufacturers and their suppliers in the fields of engineering, testing, consulting, training and certification worldwide. TÜV SÜD Automotive is an independent partner for product and process improvement in the automotive industry.
TÜV SÜD is a leading international service organization catering to the business segments INDUSTRY, MOBILITY and PEOPLE. With 11,700 employees, it is represented at 600 locations worldwide. As partners in our customers' processes, our specialist teams ensure that technology, systems and know-how are optimized, thus strengthening our customers' global competitiveness.

ABOUT YOGITECH
YOGITECH is a company with proven experience in System-on-Chip (SoC) , Mixed-Signal design & verification, and fault-tolerant integrated circuits. YOGITECH offers faultRobust (www.fr.yogitech.com), a combination of IPs and methodologies to build and assess fault tolerant circuits. Additionally, YOGITECH offers a catalogue of eRM Verification Components to shorten time-to production of Intellectual Property cores and SoC designs based on standard protocols such as OCP, ATAPI, CAN and LIN, and the Analogue Mixed-Signal Verification Kit (www.amsvkit.yogitech.com), a unique solution for the verification of mixed-signal circuits and systems. Today, world leaders in the semiconductor industry rely on YOGITECH’s verification solutions and services

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