Altium announces availability of automotive safety support program

Altium has announced immediate availability of their TASKING ISO 26262 Support Program, an offering that assists TASKING compiler users within the automotive industry with ISO 26262 certification.

It has been launched to provide automakers and parts suppliers with a qualification kit and optional qualification services to comply with ISO 26262 assessment requirements related to confidence in the use of TASKING compilers in safety relevant systems.

Through the TASKING compiler ISO 26262 qualification kit, Altium provides a well-defined cost-efficient solution that supports both “increased confidence from use” and “validation of the software tool” qualification methods. It provides customers with all the necessary evidence that ISO 26262 requires for the qualification of a software tool. This evidence includes the following elements: Safety Manual, Test Reports produced by the Perennial C Compiler Validation Suite test suite, Defect Reports & Mitigations, Development Process Guide.

TASKING's optional qualification services are offered to integrate the guidance provided by the safety kit with customer specific use-cases. These services provide access to the in-depth knowledge of the tool-supplier about the compiler and its development process which is valuable for tool classification against other safety standards such as DO-178C/DO-330 and EN 50128.
 
”Through our state-of-the-art Viper technology-based compilers, we offer the most advanced development techniques for complex multi-core based automotive applications, now backed up with our ISO 26262 Support Program for assisting customers in their efforts to qualify their use of the TASKING compiler to functional safety standards,” said Harm-Andre Verhoef, Product Manager TASKING at Altium.
 
The Support Program also provides a suite of professional services from Altium, including special ISO 26262 priority support and guidance for commercial off-the-shelf software tool qualification, where the qualification activities are partly performed by the “tool developer” and partly by the “tool user”.
 
Altium’s ISO 26262 Support Program is available now for select TASKING VX-toolsets. Pricing starts at EUR9,900 (US$13,500) for a full qualification kit targeting the v4.3r1 and subsequent TriCore compiler release of the TASKING VX-toolset for TriCore/AURIX.