AdaCore Announces Its Participation in the Safety-Critical Harsh Environment Micro-Processing Evolution (SCHEME) Project
22 Julio 2024 - 2:07AM
Business Wire
AdaCore is excited to announce its participation in the SCHEME
research project. Rolls-Royce has assembled a world-class
consortium of UK industry and academia to deliver the next
generation of high-integrity processing platforms for use in
aerospace and other harsh environments.
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AdaCore announces its participation in
the Safety-Critical Harsh Environment Micro-processing Evolution
(SCHEME) project. (Photo: Business Wire)
Microprocessor design and manufacture is complex, and typically,
commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) automotive and general-purpose
microprocessors are repurposed for aerospace. That approach has
issues of obsolescence, complexity, and design trade-offs with
long-term cost implications. Furthermore, a new generation of more
complex, autonomous, and connected aerospace systems is needed to
meet net-zero targets. Such systems are also increasingly required
to be cyber secure. Repurposing COTS processors to meet such
requirements is complex and non-cost-effective due to the increased
burden when certifying products.
SCHEME will develop a new generation of safety-critical and
cyber-secure microprocessors. The microprocessor and support
infrastructure will be engineered from the bottom-up to provide a
long-term, cost-effective, high-integrity processing solution. The
bespoke processor will reduce design and through-life costs, ensure
the security of supply, and provide protection from the global
issues that face the semiconductor industry.
SCHEME will provide the UK with a highly capable
micro-processing platform that can be deployed in both aerospace
and adjacent sectors where safety criticality and cyber security
are of utmost importance. This includes emerging sectors that are
key to the future of the UK economy, such as autonomous vehicles
and small modular nuclear reactors. Furthermore, the consortium has
the potential to provide a complete packaged solution for
high-integrity systems development to many potential customers,
both within and outside the UK.
Jan Góralczyk, Programme Manager (Rolls-Royce), said, “AdaCore
brings a comprehensive portfolio of skills in delivering
high-integrity software. Their consistent professionalism and
expertise in compilation tooling, processor simulation, and dynamic
analysis will be key enablers in achieving the objectives of the
SCHEME project. Furthermore, AdaCore’s understanding of the
industry, both in terms of software technology and prospective
customers, will help ensure the activities undertaken and the
expected outcomes from SCHEME will stay relevant to the industry’s
evolving needs.”
A vital component of the SCHEME's processing solution is the
supporting software tool infrastructure.
Kyriakos Georgiou, SCHEME's Project Manager at AdaCore, said:
"The SCHEME project is well aligned with AdaCore's commitment and
proven track record of being a trustworthy software tool vendor for
developing high-integrity applications. Therefore, the AdaCore UK
R&D Centre of Excellence is uniquely positioned to produce
software development and verification tooling that enables reduced
cost and delivery time for safety-critical and cyber-secure
applications.” Such solutions will cover validation and
verification processes, generating certification evidence, and
software cyber-security hardening. These SCHEME-developed
technologies will be integrated within a modern development
environment supporting state-of-the-art practices, such as
cutting-edge DevOps. To this extent, the UK AdaCore team will
significantly contribute to establishing a trustworthy software
ecosystem required for the commercial success of the processor.
The £37.5m investment program is co-funded by the ATI Programme,
which funds civil aerospace research in the UK and which is
delivered in partnership by the Aerospace Technology Institute, the
Department for Business & Trade and Innovate UK. Rolls-Royce is
joined by AdaCore, TT Electronics, Volant Autonomy, Rapita Systems,
The Manufacturing Technology Centre, Queen's University Belfast,
University of Bristol, University of Sheffield, and University of
York.
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