Tuesday, 21 October 2008

KPIT Cummins and VaST Shake Hands to Deliver Electronic Virtualization Tools

VaST, a player in electronics virtualization, and KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd, product engineering partner to the automotive industry, have announced a partnership to deliver electronic virtualization tools and specialized services to global automotive OEMs, and Tier-1 suppliers and ODMs.

The partnership between VaST and KPIT Cummins will focus on methodology adoption services that speed the deployment of advanced virtual prototyping tools and methodologies such as networked ECU Virtual-Hardware-In-the-Loop simulations.

"Design methodologies are undergoing rapid change at leading OEM’s and Tier 1’s. Consistently, we see a need for specialized highly skilled services and software IP to help accelerate adoption of virtualization methodologies. KPIT Cummins has both the skills and customer traction and is therefore an ideal partner," said Alain Labat, chief executive officer of VaST.

Electronic virtualization is highly effective in reducing engineering costs while simultaneously enabling improved end-system software quality, the release stated.