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In the automotive industry, hardware development has been solidly in place for about 130 years while software has contributed only progressively in the last 37 years [1, 2]. In spite of its recent appearance, software innovation becomes more and more critical for maintaining a competitive edge within semiconductor design, due to its relatively low cost and high flexibility. A stumbling block for many companies however is the persistence of a hardware design culture around software development. From our experience in multiple semiconductor companies, we present in this paper a pro-active approach towards improving the hardware/software collaboration and capitalizing on the strengths of both cultures.
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Schell, J., Schwann, P. (2014). Improving the Hardware/Software Culture. In: Mitasiunas, A., Rout, T., O’Connor, R.V., Dorling, A. (eds) Software Process Improvement and Capability Determination. SPICE 2014. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 477. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13036-1_23
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