Efficient and early validation of the modern-day automotive embedded systems is of paramount importance due to the shift from single function Electronic Control Units (ECU) to High Performance Computers (HPC) hosting complex functions. Virtualization enables the software to be validated even before the target hardware is available. Digital twin of the vehicle accelerates the virtual validation of vehicle software.

Tata Elxsi with its abundant expertise in ECU Virtualization can help OEMs, Tier Ones, and Semicon vendors in building virtual ECUs, controllers, and SOCs so that embedded software can be validated early. We provide system integration services using ECU virtualization tool to setup the virtual environment and do testing. We help customers in developing the digital twin of vehicle, so that software development and validation can happen in digital domain. We also perform sensor virtualization to replace hardware components in vehicles with virtual counterparts.

Tata Elxsi is currently supporting chip vendors to develop SYSTEMC & QEMU based virtual SOCs. We also develop virtual ECU based SIL test solutions for global OEMs and Tier Ones for applications like power steering, electric powertrain, and more. Tata Elxsi can accelerate the migration journey of OEMs and Tier Ones from physical work benches to cloud based virtual Engineering workbenches enabling collaboration of teams across the globe, at a cost-effective model. We are also supporting customers in bringing up hypervisor, OS, kernel, drivers, and applications on top of the virtual hardware. Sensor virtualization and digital twin development are other areas where Tata Elxsi is supporting global customers.