Abstract: High quality demanding products segments like automotive, transportation, and aerospace have been characterized by persistent needs across several years:

• Zero defects, or in general very low defective levels
• Accurate modeling and prediction of product reliability

The sustainability of these objectives is challenged by the relentless demand of higher performances products and the consequent access to higher complexities and advanced technology nodes.
Functional safety standards and requirements aim to grant the usability of products in safety-critical applications and add several requirements whose satisfaction is a key criticality during the development of a new product.

The proposed panel session would like to debate with the experts about how much the available EDA tools are effectively helping to face the described challenges.
As an example, these are suitable questions that anyone in the field may need answering:

• How does EDA help effectively resolve “end-to-end” the traceability of defined requirements? Is this representing a sustainable effort?
• Is DFT effective enough in addressing fault models to reach target quality?
• Is verification/simulation/validation effective respect transient mode?