Design and Validation Process of In-Vehicle Embedded Electronic Systems

While automobile production is likely to increase slowly in the coming years (42 million cars produced in 1999 and only 60 million planned in 2010), the part of embedded electronics and more precisely embedded software is growing. The cost of electronic systems was $37 billion in 1995 and $60 billion in 2000, with an annual growth rate of 10%. In 2006, the electronic embedded system will represent at least 25% of the total cost of a car and more than 35% for a high-end model [1].