Industry Support for the Synopsys Electronics Digital Twin Platform

The Synopsys Electronics Digital Twin (eDT) Platform has gained strong industry support. Included are quotes from Synopsys customers and partners. This commentary is available for public use and can be attributed to the executive included in each statement.

Semiconductors & IP

Suraj Gajendra, Vice President of Products and Solutions, Physical AI Business Unit, Arm

"As computer systems grow in complexity, a virtual-first validation approach is essential to improving efficiency and speeding time-to-market for safe, reliable physical AI platforms. With Synopsys' eDT Platform, developers can access a pre-integrated Arm Zena CSS virtual platform in Synopsys Virtualizer and take advantage of Arm-on-Arm hardware-assisted virtualization, using ISA parity and software binary compatibility to validate rich workloads and production software stacks earlier."

Thomas Schneid, Head of Software, Partnership & Ecosystem Management, Infineon Technologies

“As the global leader in automotive microcontrollers, Infineon is committed to advancing software-defined vehicle architectures through strong ecosystem collaboration. Our work with Synopsys supports the industry’s shift-left approach by enabling early software development and system validation. In the context of our RISC-V strategy, development tool enablement and virtual prototyping are key building blocks for scalable, future-ready automotive platforms.”

Sam Grove, Head of MIPS Software & Tools, MIPS a GlobalFoundries Company

"Our partnership with Synopsys is a key component of MIPS virtual platform innovations, enabling customers building Physical AI platforms to shift-left development and begin software/hardware co-design. MIPS Physical AI core models deliver access to proven MIPS RISC-V IP and Physical AI subsystems for more efficient designs, reduced time to market, and lower development costs.”

Robert Moran, Vice President and General Manager, Automotive Processing, NXP Semiconductors

“NXP's S32 automotive processing platform is designed to tackle the industry’s most pressing connectivity, security, and safety challenges - today and in the future. Our collaboration with Synopsys brings early access to Synopsys Virtualizer Development Kits across a broad set of S32 processors, including the newly announced S32N7 series. As a result, OEMs and Tier1s can harness the Synopsys Electronics Digital Twin Platform to dramatically speed development and deployment of S32based automotive systems.”

Aish Dubey, Vice President and Head of SoC Division, High Performance Computing, Renesas

“Renesas has been using Synopsys Virtualizer Development Kits (VDKs) for RH850 and RCar for many years to support software validation and ecosystem enablement. Synopsys’ VDK is enabled for the Renesas’ RCar Open Access (RoX) software-defined vehicle platform, allowing OS, Tier1, and OEM partners to start development early and integrate and test their own software ahead of hardware availability. Synopsys’ VDK along with Synopsys Electronics Digital Twin platform facilitates earlier software readiness and thus faster time to market for complex automotive systems.”

Roland Sperlich, Vice President and General Manager, Processors, Texas Instruments  

“Autonomous driving demands high-performance AI processing and uncompromising functional safety often on tight development timelines. Through our collaboration with Synopsys, we are delivering pre-silicon virtual prototypes of TI’s next-generation TDA5 SoC family, enabling automotive innovators to start building, integrating, and validating software earlier in their development cycles. As a core element of the Synopsys Electronics Digital Twin platform, these prototypes shift development left, accelerating innovation before physical ECUs are available.”

Ian Ferguson, Vice President, Vertical Markets, SiFive Inc.

“Automotive suppliers are challenged to adopt new zonal architectures while meeting stringent real-time requirements for critical functions. Our multi-year partnership with Synopsys to deliver cycle accurate models of SiFive's diverse range of automotive certified processors as part of Synopsys' Electronics Digital Twin Platform is delivering tangible benefits.  With this collaboration our mutual customers benefit from earlier commencement of software development and accelerated time to market.”

Embedded Software & Development Tools

Jagan Rajagopalan, Vice President & Head of Strategy and Portfolio, Elektrobit

"Elektrobit and Synopsys have a long-standing relationship in virtual prototyping. With the launch of the new Synopsys eDT platform Elektrobit is happy to announce out of the box compatibility between eDT and our EB tresos product line. Using virtual ECUs on different abstraction levels throughout the development process enables a "shift-left" towards earlier software testing and more agile integration processes accelerating overall time to market."

Tomoyuki Uda, Vice President, Chief Business Officer, eSOL

“eSOL has ported eMCOS, our scalable real-time operating system, to run on leading automotive MCUs/SoCs using Synopsys Virtualizer Development Kits (VDKs), enabling virtual platforms that help customers start development and validation earlier. We see Synopsys’ Electronics Digital Twins (eDT) as a strong enabler to accelerate collaboration for Tier-1 and OEM customers by enabling cloud-based, hardware-free workflows.”

Shrikant Acharya, CTO, Excelfore

“Accelerating software development and validation for software-defined vehicles requires the use of electronics digital twins throughout the vehicle lifecycle. We are collaborating with Synopsys to deliver a pre-integrated solution that combines the Excelfore eSync OTA solution, a product of the AI-driven SDVconnect suite, with the Synopsys VDK for the TI TDA5 SoC family, enabling automotive OEMs to deliver rigorously validated over-the-air software updates with greater speed and confidence.”

Dan Mender, Vice President of Business Development, Green Hills Software

“Global automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers are continually working to shorten the time required to develop, validate, and deploy ECU software across a broad range of applications and real-time SoCs. By leveraging the full portfolio of Green Hills safety-certified RTOSs, hypervisors, C/C++ compilers, and advanced multi-core, OS-agnostic development tools on Synopsys’ comprehensive VDK platform family, customers can accelerate the creation of electronic digital twins and effectively shift left timelines across the entire software development lifecycle.”

Mario Cupelli, CTO, HighTec

“Our collaboration leverages Synopsys Virtualizer Development Kits (VDKs) to provide early access to HighTec tools and compiler support, well ahead of MCU silicon availability. We recently strengthened this partnership with the launch of the DRIVECORE bundle for the Infineon RISCV Virtual Prototype, seamlessly integrating the HighTec compiler with the Synopsys VDK for Infineon RISCV. The Synopsys eDT platform represents a compelling opportunity to further expand this collaboration.”

Alexandre Schäfer, Director Sales, Lauterbach

"Lauterbach is proud to deepen our long-standing partnership with Synopsys on the Electronics Digital Twin Platform. As the industry moves decisively toward platform-integrated development, we’re committed to ensuring engineers get the best, most seamless experience using Lauterbach TRACE32® tools with Synopsys’ eDT Platform, so they can innovate faster and thrive in the era of cloud-based engineering.”

Nitish Rao, Automotive Industry Manager, MathWorks

“MathWorks and Synopsys collaborate closely to provide our joint customers continuity from algorithm design to software validation, as part of the Model-Based Design workflow. Code generated from Simulink models running in virtual ECUs created with Synopsys Virtualizer enables rapid prototyping and validation of ECU software. Innovative vHIL approaches like the use of Synopsys VDK technology together with MathWorks Hardware Support packages help customers shift verification earlier, reduce integration risk, and accelerate development cycles.”

Sheridan Ethier, Vice President of Product Management, QNX 

“Automotive teams need speed and confidence as platform complexity accelerates. By leveraging Synopsys Virtualizer Development Kits, QNX is accelerating delivery for QNX SDP 8—enabling faster SoC adoption, earlier access to electronics digital twins, and reduced risk for next-generation safety-critical systems.”

Junhwan Kim, CEO, STRADVISION

“Our collaboration with Synopsys delivers pre-integrated SVNet FrontVision and SurroundVision software on the Synopsys VDK for the TDA5 SoC family—enabling customers to begin development using an electronics digital twin long before ECU hardware is available. As a result, our joint customers can significantly accelerate development, bring next-generation vehicle platforms to market faster, and continuously validate software throughout the product lifecycle.”

Christoph Herzog, Co-CEO and CTO, TASKING

"TASKING has supported a broad range of Virtualizer Development Kits for many years with its compiler and debugger tools, and we look forward to continuing this collaboration to meet our joint customers’ needs. As workflows shift toward cloud-based environments, we’ll keep delivering the capabilities engineers rely on, while enabling smoother integration into electronic digital twins to speed up engineering cycles.”

Gavin C. Rogers, Senior Vice President, Vector

“Software-defined vehicles are reshaping how automotive systems are designed, validated, and operated. As software and AI become the dominant value drivers, the industry must move toward scalable, platform-based development approaches. By combining Synopsys’ electronics digital twin platform with Vector’s automotive-proven software platforms and software factory, we are jointly enabling a seamless, software-first development workflow across the entire vehicle lifecycle. Together, we empower automotive customers to industrialize software development, shorten time to market, and sustain continuous innovation at scale.”

System Integrators

Steffen Schmidt, President & CEO, IPG Automotive

“At IPG Automotive, we are redefining how software-defined vehicles are developed—making the process more realistic, scalable, and efficient. By combining CarMaker’s high-fidelity vehicle dynamics and environment simulation with Synopsys Silver and Virtualizer, we deliver a fully integrated, multi-fidelity, multi-ECU electronics digital twin in the cloud. This empowers automotive teams to develop and validate full-stack SDV software earlier, faster, and with far greater confidence.”

Sundar Ganapathi, CTO Automotive, Tata Elxsi

“Our collaboration with Synopsys brings together the Synopsys Electronics Digital Twin Platform and Tata Elxsi’s AVENIR SDV framework to help automotive OEMs and Tier1 suppliers accelerate next-generation software development. By combining Synopsys’ advanced virtual prototyping and cloud-ready technologies with our deep embedded engineering expertise and DevOps-aligned workflows, we enable scalable, high-quality software development that shortens development cycles and addresses the growing complexity of software-defined vehicles.” 

Sriram Lakshminarayanan, CTO, Tata Technology

“Digital twins have become essential to accelerating vehicle development while reducing cost—powering critical use cases such as crash testing and aerodynamic optimization. As the industry shifts toward AI-enabled, software-defined vehicles, electronics digital twins are increasingly vital for validating the rapidly growing electronics and software content. In this context, Tata Technologies leverages Synopsys’ advanced digital twin and simulation technologies to deliver simulation-led engineering and vehicle software expertise that helps OEMs accelerate their software-defined vehicle programs with confidence across the full vehicle lifecycle.”

Cloud Provider

Ozgur Tohumcu, General Manager of Automotive and Manufacturing, AWS

“Validating complex automotive software traditionally required expensive physical prototypes and took years. AWS and Synopsys have fundamentally changed that equation. Our Graviton4 processors deliver breakthrough performance for virtual vehicle testing, while our global cloud infrastructure provides the scale automotive teams need. Together, we're helping customers compress 3-4 year development cycles into a fraction of that—a game-changer for the industry.”