Siemens expands PAVE360 with AMD & Microsoft collaboration

Siemens Digital Industries Software has expanded its PAVE360 technology for Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) development to include support for AMD Radeon PRO V710 GPUs and EPYC CPUs on Microsoft Azure's cloud platform.

The PAVE360 development and validation environment is used for system-of-systems in SDV, requiring strong graphics capabilities for accurate simulation and AI perception. The integration of AMD's processing power and Microsoft's Azure cloud infrastructure is aimed at enhancing the performance of these simulations.

David Fritz, Vice President, Hybrid and Virtual Systems at Siemens Digital Industries Software, commented on the development, "We're excited to collaborate with Microsoft and AMD. We recognize that our customers have a preference in cloud platforms and associated hardware resources when deploying development platforms for SDV. With PAVE360 recognized as key enabler for SDV development, extending our support to Microsoft Azure and AMD hardware gives our customers greater flexibility."

The collaboration aims to facilitate the transition to true SDV development by providing a robust cloud development environment. PAVE360 on Azure gives users a scalable platform, capable of a system-aware perspective on behaviour, and the capability to identify complex defect mechanisms.

Using traditional approaches, software, hardware, and system errors often go undetected until late in the design phase or post-deployment, leading to costly recalls. By enabling early detection through virtual modelling and simulation, PAVE360 aims to mitigate these issues.

Salil Raje, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Adaptive and Embedded Computing at AMD, stated, "Our collaboration with Siemens and Microsoft allows automotive developers to leverage our leading AMD Radeon PRO GPUs and EPYC processors to power next-generation ADAS and autonomous vehicle technologies. We are excited to support Siemens' PAVE360 on AMD systems to enable developers with advanced automotive digital twin environments and help accelerate SDV."

Dayan Rodriguez, Corporate Vice President, Manufacturing and Mobility at Microsoft, added, "By leveraging Azure's robust infrastructure and AMD's GPUs, PAVE360 now offers exceptional performance and scalability for Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) development. This collaboration highlights our commitment to driving innovation in the automotive industry, enabling manufacturers to achieve a system-aware approach to SDV validation and ensuring the highest standards of safety and reliability."

A demonstration of PAVE360, showcasing Siemens' Innexis Virtual System Interconnect software, AMD Radeon GPUs, and the Azure platform, will be featured at Embedded World.