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Cadence, Tower Auto-IC Plans Called ‘Faster Path’ to ISO Compliance

Tower Semiconductor will collaborate with Cadence, an electronic systems design firm, to advance the development of automotive chips, said the companies Thursday. The collaboration will give customers “a faster design cycle,” while maintaining “comprehensive design verification for advanced automotive IC…

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product development,” they said. The “unique design challenges” of automotive ICs require “a carefully crafted combination of technologies and methodologies in order to satisfy the demanding ISO 26262 specification,” they said of the International Standardization Organization’s automotive functional safety standard. By working to combine Cadence and Tower technologies, “mutual customers can meet automotive design goals and achieve a faster path to ISO 26262 certification,” they said.