A growing number of semiconductor applications now require extremely reliable operation. In automotive for example, semiconductors are the underpinning technology for software-defined vehicles and make possible the advanced and self-driving features, which means they are an integral part of safety and critical systems.

Patrick Hopper interviews Ralph Wittmann with Siemens at the Intel booth at embedded world 2025.

Patrick Hopper interviews Arun Kumar with Siemens at the Intel booth at embedded world 2025.

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MINNEAPOLIS— Perforce Software is partnering with Siemens Digital Industries Software to transform how smart, connected products are designed and developed, reflecting a shared vision: the future of product innovation is software-defined, AI-powered, and silicon-enabled.

TSMC, Cadence, KLA, Siemens, and Synopsys are advancing semiconductor manufacturing by adopting the NVIDIA CUDA-X and NVIDIA Blackwell platforms.  

Chip design has always been a complex process, and there is no end in sight. What has improved are the tools available to an IC designer. The chips are getting more specialized; hence, the tools must drill down further into the process than ever before. 

This sounds like a lot of black magic, but it becomes less cloudy when someone who understands the process walks you through it. To get more clarity for myself, I invited Scot Morrison, the Vice President of Shift Left Software Product Management at Siemens EDA, to be my guest on this week’s Embedded Executives podcast. Scott first lays out the problems, then walks through some of the various solutions.