July 25, 2022
The Tel Aviv company developed the M-SDL language that describes all the scenarios according to which an autonomous vehicle needs to be tested. The new OpenSCENARIO 2.0 standard is based on the development of Portalix
The Association for the Standardization of Automation and Measurement Systems (ASAM) approved the OpenSCENARIO 2.0 standard, which defines the tests and all types of scenarios that autonomous vehicles under development must withstand. The list of tests includes all the situations the vehicle has to deal with and all types of tests: starting with pure software simulations, through hybrid models that combine software simulations and real-world operations, and ending with tests carried out on test tracks and driving on actual roads.
The standard is based on the M-SDL language developed by Portalix (Foretellix) of Tel Aviv, which invented it to provide a synthetic ability to express all the scenarios that an autonomous vehicle faces. The new standard allows car manufacturers, suppliers, regulators and insurance companies to use a common language and a single methodology for evaluating and ensuring the safety of automated driving systems throughout the supply and certification chain. The ASAM association is considered a central body in the field of standardization in the automotive industry and includes about 400 large bodies from the global automotive industry: most of the major car manufacturers, academic institutions and Tier-1 suppliers of the industry.
Portalix was founded in 2018 by chip industry veterans Yoav Hollander, Ziv Binyamini and Gil Amid. Hollander founded the Varicity company that developed a unique technology for automatic testing of chip designs, which was sold to Cadence in 2005 for approximately $315 million. Binyamini worked for many years at Intel in the field of verification, joined Varisity as VP of Development and later served as manager of chip verification at Cadence. Gil Amid led the development of automatic design tools (EDA and CAD) and chip design projects at the global Intel company. “From the day Portalix was founded, we took on a great task: to create a global standard that would support the great change that the automotive industry is going through,” said Gil Amid.
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