ACEWORKS, a future mobility technology company, is joining hands with Vector, a German company specializing in automotive software development and validation, to target the automotive electronic control unit (ECU) validation market.
The move comes as the spread of software-defined vehicles (SDVs) is shifting the focus of automotive development from hardware to software, driving rapid growth in demand for validation technologies. ACEWORKS announced that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Vector Korea on the 1st at Vector Korea’s headquarters in Hangangno-dong, Seoul, to cooperate in the field of hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing for eco-friendly vehicles.
HIL is a technology that verifies the performance and errors of control units and software by connecting them in a virtual environment before an actual vehicle is built. By identifying defects in the early stages of development, it can help reduce both development time and costs. As the era of software-defined vehicles (SDVs) emerges, with hundreds of ECUs and vast amounts of software installed in a single vehicle, HIL is gaining attention as a core validation technology for automakers and parts suppliers.
The two companies plan to establish an integrated validation environment by connecting ACEWORKS’ HIL technology with Vector’s validation platform, the VT System. They also plan to supply ACEWORKS’ Battery Cell Simulator (BCS) to overseas markets through Vector’s global sales network and cooperate in building Vector’s latest HIL test benches.
Through this collaboration, automakers and parts suppliers will be able to test software in a single environment without operating multiple validation systems separately. The company expects this to shorten validation periods and improve development efficiency.
“As automotive development is being reorganized around software, validation capabilities are becoming a key factor in corporate competitiveness,” said Park Seung-beom, CEO of ACEWORKS. “By combining the technologies of both companies, we aim to strengthen the competitiveness of the SDV development ecosystem.”
ACEWORKS provides ECU development and software validation solutions for eco-friendly and autonomous vehicles, and has recently been expanding its business into the defense and robotics sectors. Vector, headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany, is a company specializing in automotive software development and validation solutions, supplying development tools and platforms to automakers and parts suppliers in 14 countries worldwide.
Source: Lee Gwang-sik, bumeran@hankyung.com
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