July 6, 2026 -
By engineerlive.com
Synopsys has launched the Synopsys Electronics Digital Twin (eDT) Platform, a first-of-its-kind, open solution to accelerate creation, management, deployment, and use of electronics digital twins (eDTs) essential for software-defined product development that enables physical AI systems
Initially focused on high-value automotive use cases, the eDT platform allows OEMs to achieve 90% of software validation before hardware availability by shifting development and system integration ‘left’, reducing vehicle development costs and time-to-market.
Johannes Foufas, technical manager, software factory, Volvo Cars, said, “Volvo Cars is rapidly adopting holistic, whole‑vehicle validation, and we’re bringing that rigour into the earliest stages of design and development. Core to this transformation is our pioneering use of electronics digital twins working with Synopsys. With virtualised ECUs, our teams can ‘shift left’ test and validation before hardware exists, enabling us to reduce development cost, increase software quality, and accelerate innovation throughout the lifecycle of our vehicles.”