Static analysis, functional safety, and why you should attend this webinar

Let's cut to the chase. Any webinar hosted by Chris Hobbs, a member of the safe systems team at QNX, is worth a listen. I honestly can't listen to the man for 5 minutes without learning something new. So if you're developing systems that must, or may need to, comply with the ISO 26262 functional safety standard, you owe it to yourself to attend the webinar that Chris will co-host this week:

Static Analysis' Role in Automotive Functional Safety

Thursday, July 17

10am PT, 1pm ET, 5pm UTC

Registration

As you may already know, ISO 26262 recommends static code analysis for ASILs B to D. And that's because static analysis can make a real contribution to functional safety — exactly the approach this webinar will explore. Topics will include:

• Functional safety and ISO 26262
• The balance between dynamic and static analysis
• How purpose-built tools can simply the qualification process

As an added bonus, Chris will be joined by co-host Steve Howard of Klocwork. Steve has over 15 years' experience in safety-critical and mission-critical software development, working with verification and validation tools.

Learn more about Chris, Steve, and the webinar here.

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Recommended reading by Chris Hobbs
Testing as a road to confidence-from-use
The Dangers of Over-Engineering a Safe System
Protecting Software Components from Interference in an ISO 26262 System
Ten Truths about Building Safe Embedded Software Systems

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Switzerland June 2014

...Streching your legs in the garden...

Zoe is Rising Edition

178 EV's were sold last month in Switzerland, with three models representing the bulk of sales:

- The BMW i3 was the third Best Selling EV in June, with 32 units, losing ground to the #2...

- ...Renault Zoe, #2 YTD with 186 sold this year, 40 of them last month (Best result of the year), keeping its runner-up position in the YTD chart. Will this growth continue?

- The winner of the month (62 units), is also the YTD leader (253), the Model S from Tesla is for now the undisputed EV king in Switzerland.

Looking at the manufacturers ranking, the race is tight, with Tesla in Second (29% share), just behind the leader Renault (30%) and with BMW (20%) lurking behind these two. Speaking of BMW, the i8 landed with its first two units, given the Swiss taste for high-end performance cars, this should be one of the markets where the german sports car will be most successful.

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Pl	Switzerland	June	2014	%	'13Pl
1	Tesla Model S	62	253	29	2
2	Renault Zoe	40	186	21	1
3	BMW i3	32	175	20	6
4	Renault Twizy e)	15	75	9	3
4	Opel Ampera	9	44	5	7
6	Mitsubishi I-Miev	9	40	5	5
7	Nissan Leaf	4	39	4	4
7	Chevrolet Volt	4	34	4	7
9	Fisker Karma	1	11	1	9
10	McLaren P1		10	1	N/A
11	Citröen C-Zero		4	0	10
11	Peugeot iOn		4	0	11
13	BMW i8	2	2	0	N/A
	TOTAL	178	877	100

Source: auto-suisse.ch; Manufacturers

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