On this episode of Embedded Insiders, Randy Fish, director of product line management for the Silicon Lifecycle Management family at Synopsys, highlights how automotive engineers can benefit from the SLM on-chip monitoring and analysis process.

Next, senior technology editor, Ken Briodagh, calls attention to RISC-V, taking a look at some of the key tools that are important to development in the RISC-V ISA ecosystem.

But first, I’m posing a few questions to the Insiders about the transition from hardware to software-defined solutions. Is this move towards software something that should be fully embraced, should we still be relying on hardware solutions, or should there a balance of both?