By Dr. Ashish Darbari, Founder and CEO, Axiomise

Dr. Ashish Darbari

Previously, functional verification was the biggest challenge. Security and functional safety now dominate concerns and will do so in 2023, especially as the hardware footprint continues to increase in AI/ML, GPUs, networking, HPC, RISC-V, 5G, automotive, IoT, edge computing, and meta-verse.

While each domain brings a differentiated set of verification challenges, at the core, every domain needs functional correctness, safety, and security verification. AI/ML and 5G designs are predominantly data transformation intensive and rely on software requirements to drive optimizations in hardware. The software use model is not mature yet in comparison to classic processors that run on well-defined operating systems and software. 5G designs, in particular, need to be tested for multiple configurations, reliability and QoS and performance.

As our industry is slowing down due to the global recession, it becomes even more important to be efficient and effective at what we do. That includes test and verification of systems, including hardware.

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By Bob Potock, VP Marketing, Zuken USA

Bob Potock

Do you find it hard to keep up with all the activity around product development? Technology related to AI, cloud storage, cloud computing, digital engineering, smart manufacturing, and model-based design is moving fast. It feels as if the product development process is evolving more quickly than ever, and 2023 will be exciting. When looking ahead to expectations for 2023, let’s take a deeper look at digital engineering, cloud applications, and manufacturing.

Digital Engineering Adoption is Slow

The digital transformation, and more specifically, digital engineering, introduces a shift in methodology from a document-based design process to a model-based design process. A process that can help engineers avoid the pitfalls and consequences of poor design. A model-based design process shifts the critical steps from design, build, and test, to design, analyze, and build with verification all along the way. The model versus document approach provides a much more rigorous product description that includes safety protocols and environmental requirements.

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By Ansgar Hein, Chairman Board, SGET

Ansgar Hein

Even though we have gone through or are still going through various crises in recent years, from COVID to the war in Ukraine, the electronics industry will continue to grow in 2023. The Asian market will play a major role in this growth scenario, as this region is developing most dynamically and intensely. A key driver is the mobility megatrend, above all in the automotive sector through electromobility, with completely new business ideas accelerated by innovative ideas and solutions.

In my view, this is accompanied by other trends. In addition to the miniaturization of electrical engineering, this is, above all, an even stronger focus on sustainability, with the primary goal of reducing energy consumption and use of resources. And, of course, increasing connectivity, especially wireless and, if possible, with direct and universally available internet connectivity.

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