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Business Wire
5 days ago
- Automotive
- Business Wire
LDRA Joins Renesas Ready Partner Network and R-Car Consortium to Accelerate Safety-Critical Software Development, Verification and Certification
WIRRAL, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- LDRA, the leader in automated software verification, traceability and standards compliance, toaday announced it has joined both the Renesas Ready Partner Network and the R-Car Consortium. This collaboration expands LDRA's support to include system development using Renesas R-Car system on a chip (SoCs), microprocessors (MPUs) and microcontrollers (MCUs) that must comply with industry-wide functional safety and cybersecurity standards. .@ldra_technology joins Renesas Ready Ecosystem & R-Car Consortium; for fast & efficient #automotive, #industrial, #medical & #railtransportation functional safety & #cybersecurity standards compliance. @RenesasGlobal #EmbeddedSystems #SafetyCritical Share 'Joining the Renesas Ready Partner Network and R-Car Consortium enables us to work directly within the Renesas ecosystem to help development teams tackle real-world functional safety verification challenges,' said Ian Hennell, Operations Director, LDRA. 'Our expanded collaboration ensures that every Renesas-based product team can evolve their software verification capabilities in line with their roadmaps for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous driving capabilities, software-defined vehicles (SDV) and connected car features.' Comprehensive software verification across the Renesas portfolio The Renesas Ready Partner Network curates trusted technology partners that deliver commercial-grade building blocks that work out-of-the-box with Renesas products. With this announcement, the LDRA tool suite integrates with multiple Renesas IDEs (Integrated Development Environments) including e² studio and CS+, and supports the Renesas RZ family of MPUs and the RA, RX and RL78 families of MCUs through LDRA target license packages. This integration helps software development and verification teams quickly and efficiently comply with these functional safety and cybersecurity standards: The automotive hardware platform consists of R-Car SoCs and RH850 MCUs designed to address diverse automotive applications, including automated driving, ADAS, connected gateways, in-vehicle infotainment, cockpit systems and dashboard implementations. With the LDRA tool suite supporting R-Car devices, embedded software teams can leverage proven verification capabilities directly within their existing development workflows. This integration enables developers to perform static analysis, dynamic testing and verification within a single platform that supports: Target development on the R-Car S4 Starter Kit, RH850 Automotive MCU and other R-Car devices The RoX (R-Car Open Access) Virtual Platform (VPF) to enable in-vehicle software development prior to hardware availability Compliance with standards including ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434 and Automotive SPICE Accelerated development and compliance workflows With the LDRA tool suite, development teams implement comprehensive software verification processes and techniques without extensive tool setup or platform-specific customization efforts. This streamlined approach proves particularly valuable for teams working on time-sensitive projects where functional safety compliance, security validation and reliable software operation are critical requirements. This integrated workflow supports verification activities from early development stages through to final compliance validation. In addition to Renesas toolchains and devices, the LDRA tool suite supports a wide range of technologies, including TASKING compilers and debuggers, Automotive Grade Linux, Green Hills Software INTEGRITY, QNX and AUTOSAR. "By integrating directly within the Renesas ecosystem, LDRA eliminates the traditional barriers that slow functional safety verification and security processes within their customers," Hennell added. "Development teams can now implement comprehensive functional safety and security workflows from the first day of their projects, rather than spending weeks integrating disparate tools. This joint solution positions the entire automotive industry to deliver safer, more secure software at the pace required by modern vehicle development.' About LDRA For 50 years, LDRA has developed and driven the market for software that automates code analysis and software testing for safety-, mission-, security- and business-critical markets. Working with clients to achieve early error identification and elimination and full compliance with industry standards, LDRA traces requirements through static and dynamic analysis to unit testing and verification for a wide variety of hardware and software platforms. The company was acquired by TASKING in 2025.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
TASKING Acquires LDRA
The transaction strengthens TASKING's full range of safety- and security-related software development tools MUNICH, February 12, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--TASKING has announced the acquisition of 100% of LDRA, a provider of software tools for code analysis and software testing for safety-, mission-, security- and business-critical markets. LDRA has been a privately owned company with a team of more than 100 employees distributed across the United Kingdom (headquarters), United States, India and Germany. LDRA's tools achieve early error identification and elimination by enabling bi-directional requirements traceability, static and dynamic code analysis, and unit- and system-level verification on a wide variety of hardware and software platforms. LDRA's extensive reporting capabilities help critical application development teams to mitigate risk and demonstrate compliance to functional safety and security standards. LDRA's certification services complement the LDRA tool suite offering with industry-specific subject matter expertise. The integration of LDRA technologies further enhances TASKING's safety- and security-oriented software ecosystem and broadens its capabilities as a trusted partner for embedded software development tools and services. LDRA's impressive portfolio of software tools that automate code analysis and software testing for safety-, mission-, security-, and business-critical markets is highly complementary to TASKING's existing high-quality, functional safety-certified embedded software development tools and compilers. "TASKING and LDRA have worked together in a trustful partnership for many years," said Ian Hennell, Operations Director, LDRA. "We look forward to taking this collaboration to the next level. With the combination of our product portfolios, we enhance the customer experience. Together, we speed development and verification of critical embedded applications using industry best practices even on the most complex applications that leverage multicore processors." "With the acquisition of LDRA, we offer our customers a comprehensive portfolio to support the software development for safety-critical applications in a wide range of markets, including aerospace and automotive," confirmed Gregor Zink, CEO, TASKING. About LDRA In its 50 years of existence, LDRA has developed and driven the market for software that automates code analysis and software testing for safety-, mission-, security- and business-critical markets. Working with clients to achieve early error identification and elimination and full compliance with industry standards, LDRA traces requirements through static and dynamic analysis to unit testing and verification for a wide variety of hardware and software platforms. For more information on the LDRA tool suite, please visit About TASKING TASKING is a leading provider of embedded software development tools, primarily serving safety-critical applications. Founded in 1977, the Company has a rich history of developing performance-driven compilers and integrated development environments (IDEs) that enable manufacturers and Tier-1 suppliers to create safety-critical applications that are innovative, reliable, and high performance. Today, TASKING continues to expand its portfolio and capabilities through acquisitions that broaden its offerings to include advanced debugger, software trace, and analysis tools. This constant strategic growth makes TASKING a trusted partner for embedded software development tools and services. TASKING has a strong position in safety-critical markets with applications, such as automotive, industrial and aerospace among others. Focusing on trust, customer orientation, expertise and a strong commitment to sustainability, TASKING empowers embedded software engineers to develop reliable, high-performance applications for a safer future. For more information, visit or follow us on Readers may direct questions to: Mark JamesEmail: View source version on Contacts Media contacts:Kelly Wanlass, HCI Marketing and Communications, Inc., Media RelationsTel: +1 (801) 602-4723, Email: kelly@ Mark James, LDRA, Marketing ManagerTel: +44 (0) 151 649 9300, Email: Sign in to access your portfolio
