In addition, Siemens has partnered with Arm to help developers access Arm®-based technology running on Siemens’ PAVE360 Digital Twin solution via AWS cloud services.

Automakers can now develop software and evaluate key Arm-based system and software components earlier in their IP selection and design cycles, without the burden of conventional on-premises software development, simply by accessing the PAVE360 solution available on AWS. This not only helps address upcoming technological and business challenges but also empowers developers to gain a competitive edge by eliminating hardware and software development and enabling unprecedented simulation speeds, thus meeting time-to-market requirements. By leveraging AWS technology, developers can experience near real-time simulation speeds that are significantly faster than conventional on-premises modeling and simulation infrastructures.

“The automotive industry is facing disruption from multiple directions, but the greatest potential for growth and new revenue streams lies in the adoption of Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs),” said Mike Ellow, Executive Vice President of EDA Global Sales, Services and Customer Support, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “The hyper-competitive software-defined vehicle sector is under enormous pressure to react quickly to consumer expectations for new features while simultaneously being forced to move toward shorter software development cycles. This is driving the adoption of the shift-left methodology for parallel hardware and software co-development and the move toward the holistic digital twin. Delivering PAVE360 on AWS cloud services based on Arm helps enable organizational efficiencies that are simply not available through current traditional development methods.”

Siemens' PAVE360, deployed on AWS, includes Arm IP built for automotive-specific workloads, functional system software, stimulus development tools, and real-world algorithms such as Siemens' Simcenter™ Prescan, along with best-in-class mixed-fidelity EDA simulation and modeling engines. PAVE360 seamlessly integrates all these sources to provide not just a virtual car on an engineer's desktop, but also a more integrated and secure virtual car in the cloud, dramatically reducing resources and costs for manufacturers. This helps eliminate the need for costly IT upgrades to support high-speed simulation and can free up automotive engineers to focus on making more meaningful improvements.

"The software-defined vehicle is the future of the automotive industry, which requires new technologies and methodologies for faster, more agile development," said Dipti Vachani, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Arm's Automotive Business Line. “Siemens’ innovative PAVE360 solution is helping accelerate the development of automotive systems needed to meet increasingly demanding consumer expectations. Together with Siemens and AWS, we are enabling a wide range of use cases on Arm’s automotive platform across the supply chain, from IP assessment to fleet management.”

“The proliferation of digital twin methodologies across the automotive industry leverages AWS’s world-class computing capabilities and infrastructure,” said Wendy Bauer, Vice President of Automotive and Manufacturing at AWS. “With PAVE360 mapping accurate embedded environments to optimal AWS instances while utilizing Arm’s enhanced automotive IP, OEMs and suppliers are enabling software-defined vehicle solutions and methodologies that were previously impractical.”

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