IPG Automotive And Synopsys Cooperate on Software-Defined Vehicles

Virtualization Solutions IPG Automotive And Synopsys Cooperate on Software-Defined Vehicles

2026-01-16 By Stefanie Eckardt | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

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IPG Automotive and Synopsys deepen their strategic partnership and develop joint virtualization solutions for system-on-chips and domain controllers, which play an important role in the development of software-defined vehicles.

The growing complexity of software-defined vehicles (SDVs) is making traditional validation methods, such as those based on hardware-in-the-loop (HiL) and physical prototypes, more complex and expensive. IPG Automotive and Synopsys therefore rely on a fully virtualized workflow for the rapid and precise integration and testing of vehicle behavior, electronics, and software—long before the hardware is available.

Multi-ECU Prototype

Recently, both companies introduced an enhanced multi-ECU prototype with multi-fidelity and multi-ECU electronics simulation. This integrates IPG Automotive's CarMaker with Synopsys' virtualization technologies via SIL Kit. The prototype aims to accelerate the development of SoC-based electronics and system software, enable rapid and reliable SDV validation, and establish a continuous testing strategy—with the goal of improving software quality, reducing development and rework costs, and speeding up time to market. The prototype demonstrated:

Virtualization: CarMaker from IPG Automotive as a virtual vehicle platform for comprehensive digital twins.
Electronics virtualization: Synopsys virtualizes ECUs, SoCs, and domain controllers for seamless integration and validation.
Early access to digital twins: Engineers can work with fully functional digital twins of electronic components even before physical prototypes or HIL test benches are available.
Software validation: With the solutions from IPG Automotive and Synopsys, engineers receive test results within hours instead of weeks—accelerating the software release cycles of SDVs.

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