On December 8, 2023, the 1st Symposium on Autonomous Driving and Chip Functional Safety, hosted by Shanghai Miaonike Technical Services*** (hereinafter referred to as MUNIK), was successfully held at the Courtyard by Marriott Shanghai Suning Universal. Due to its high-quality technology sharing, the seminar attracted more than 100 practitioners from domestic and foreign OEMs, first- and second-tier parts manufacturers, testing and certification institutions, universities and scientific research institutes in the upstream and downstream of the automotive industry, including Dekra, Sushii, Parasoft, Hejian Gongsoft, Horizon and other upstream and downstream automotive industries.
Figure 1: Zhao Hao, general manager of munik, delivered a speech
Zhao Hao, General Manager of MUNIK, delivered a welcome speech for the seminar, and shared the changing trend and understanding of functional safety in the entire automotive field as a practitioner in the field of functional safety with the development process of functional safety in China and some major projects experienced by MUNIK in it.
In recent years, the intelligent automotive industry has been supported by national industrial policies, and in order to continuously accelerate the development of autonomous driving technology, the state has successively issued a number of policies to encourage the development and innovation of the intelligent automotive industry. The "14th Five-Year Plan" Automobile Industry Development Proposal points out that by 2025, the technological innovation, industrial ecology, infrastructure, regulations and standards, product supervision and network security system of China's standard smart cars will be basically formed by giving full play to the leading role of the automobile market, opening up a new situation of globalization of the automobile industry, and striving to achieve the steady growth of the automobile market and the transformation and upgrading of the automobile industry to high-quality development through the efforts of the "14th Five-Year Plan" period.
As automobiles become more and more intelligent, the proportion of "software-defined vehicles" - software in automobiles continues to increase, and the demand for software architecture and computing power is inseparable from the support of hardware chips. At the beginning of product design, autonomous driving and chip R&D companies need to integrate functional safety and information security, and chip design manufacturers also need to take into account AECQ test specifications.
Picture 2: Gerhard M., Senior Vice President of Functional Safety at DekraMr. Rieger gave a speech
At the MUNIK seminar, Gerhard M., Senior Vice President of Functional Safety at DEKRAMr. Rieger shared the topic of "Current Status and Challenges of Functional Safety and Cybersecurity". Gerhatd demonstrated the number of road traffic fatalities in the world every year, and a longitudinal comparison found that German companies have effectively reduced the number of road traffic fatalities due to strict functional safety requirements. As autonomous driving technology evolves, he also raises concerns that hackers will attack different layers of the vehicle. Gerhatd proposed that the convergence of functional safety, cybersecurity, and SOTIF's intended functional safety can lead to a road safety defense system that does not result in fatalities or serious injuries.
Figure 3: Martin Fan, Product Line Manager for Functional Safety and Automotive, giving a speech
Figure 4: Bella Song, Semiconductor Product Line Manager, giving a speech
Martin Fan, Functional Safety and Automotive Product Line Manager of MUNIK, and Bella Song, Semiconductor Product Line Manager, respectively gave presentations on the topics of "MUNIK Experience Sharing in Automotive and Semiconductors" and "FMEDA's Practice in Chip Design" The content of the speech was guided by international standards, combined with the cases of MUNIK in the practice of automotive and semiconductor functional safety, and the method was summarized, demonstrating the professionalism and ability of MUNIK to empower enterprises from multiple perspectives, and won the praise of the guests.
Figure 5: Zhang Bin, Horizon Autonomous Driving Safety Architect, delivers a speech
At present, operating systems based on Linux kernels are widely used in autonomous driving computing platforms, and with the development of automotive intelligence and EEA, autonomous driving application scenarios (such as high-speed NOA, urban NOA, etc.) have been implemented, and the share is expected to continue to rise in the future. The demand for functional safety of autonomous driving Linux systems is becoming more and more urgent, and it is necessary to accelerate the corresponding research and practice. This is the point of view mentioned by Mr. Zhang Bin from the Horizon Autonomous Driving Team when he shared the keynote of "Research on the Functional Safety of Autonomous Driving Linux Systems" at the seminar.
Picture 6: William Chen, Director of the Automotive Electronics Development Division of SUSHII, delivered a speech
Figure 7: Qi Xiaobin, head of the strategic program department of Hejian Industrial Software, delivered a speech
William Chen, Director of the Development Department of Automotive Electronics of Sushiyte, Jet Zhou, Technical Director of Parasoft, and Qi Xiaobin, Head of the Strategic Solution Department of Hejian Industrial Software, delivered keynote speeches on "The Myth and Reality of AEC", "Level Test Solution (Static Analysis, Unit Test)", and Closed-loop Solution for Functional Safety Analysis and Verification Based on ESL Level, respectively.
In their respective fields, they expressed their professional and unique views on the development of the current intelligent vehicle industry, unlocked the true face of China's automotive autonomous driving and chips in an all-round way, and actively summarized new experiences, contributed new wisdom and provided new ideas for the development of enterprise functional safety.
The wonderful speeches of the deputies ignited the atmosphere of the scene. The guests warmly discussed the future development and various possibilities in the field of autonomous driving and chip functional safety, expressed their strong interest in MUNIK's technical services, and looked forward to in-depth cooperation with MUNIK.
Figure 8: The meeting site
In this regard, General Manager Zhao Hao said, "As a professional technical service organization, MUNIK has made important progress in the field of functional safety, this seminar is a new starting point, in the future, MUNIK will continue to adhere to customer demand-oriented, integrate domestic and foreign resources, combine its own technical advantages, provide customers with all-round solutions, and work with industry enterprises to jointly promote the development of autonomous driving and chip functional safety, truly empower customers, and constantly adapt to the current and future development." ”
MUNIK 2024 Technical Seminars will be held in Suzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen, and Shanghai. Munik will continue to focus on the field of functional safety and is committed to providing safe and reliable services for enterprises. In the future, we will continue to work with partners to jointly promote the development of functional safety
About munik
Founded in 2019, MUNIK is a technical service company jointly initiated by functional safety product developers and the world's leading TIC (testing, inspection, certification) senior practitioners. Munik mainly provides professional technical services such as training, consulting, coaching, pre-audit and evaluation of functional safety such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508, ISO 13849, ISO61511 and ISO5012X for the automotive industry and related semiconductor industries. The technical expert team has a professional background in automotive electronics, chip development, and functional safety certification, and the core backbone is led by two doctors, and the audit experts of DEKRA's well-known third-party certification company have extensive and in-depth cooperation, and can provide customers with full-stop solutions from gap analysis, to standard engineering implementation consulting, to development process system construction and product certification.