On November 20, the awarding ceremony for ASPICE CL2 certification to Calterah's Alps-Pro AUTOSAR project was held. In the Automotive Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination (ASPICE) assessment, the Calterah Alps-Pro AUTOSAR project has passed CL2 (Capability Level 2) with flying colors in all 16 major processes, demonstrating that Calterah has aligned to advanced international standards for software development and  process management for automotive mmWave radar SoC chips.

 ASPICE, a model for software process assessment and improvement in the automotive industry, is developed by the Quality Management Centre (QMC) in the German Association of the Automotive Industry e.V. (VDA),  which has united over 600 German companies operating in vehicle and auto parts manufacturing including Audi, BMW, and Porsche. Based on valuable experience from the global automotive industry in software development and management, ASPICE can guide suppliers in the automotive software development process to deliver products with improved quality. As more electric vehicles have emerged and become more intelligent and connected,   the concept of software-defined vehicles has been prevalent, and ASPICE has become one of the entry standards for the global automotive supply chain. 

The Alps-Pro AUTOSAR project is based on the new automotive-grade Alps-Pro mmWave radar SoC on the Alps platform, covering the Microcontroller Abstraction Layer (MCAL), radar-specific complex drivers, AUTOSAR configuration files, toolchains, user documentation, and demo projects. With clear advantages in software quality, project import efficiency, and software reusability, this project effectively ensures delivery capability and product quality, greatly improves the efficiency in integration,   and reduces development time for users. The leader of Alps-Pro AUTOSAR project noted: “Through engineering practices and process improvements in the ASPICE CL2 project, Calterah has further improved its development process of automotive-grade software, process capability, and software quality control. We also hope that we can take this new opportunity to continuously enhance our R&D and quality systems and provide competitive products to users."

The Alps-Pro AUTOSAR project is based on AUTOSAR 4.4.0 standards, covering project approval, ASPICE process modeling, and process decomposition, implementation, and evaluation.

• In the 16 major processes of System Engineering Process Group (SYS.1-SYS.5), Software Engineering Process Group (SWE.1-SWE.6), Supporting Processes Group (SUP.1, SUP.8, SUP.9, SUP.10), and Management Process Group (MAN.3), Alps-Pro AUTOSAR project has met all ASPICE CL2 requirements indicating “a complete and systematic approach to, and full achievement of, the defined process attribute in the assessed process”.       

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• At the same time, based on the CL2 requirements for “performance management process attribute” and “work product management process attribute”, a comprehensive assessment was conducted on Generic Practices (GPs) including management, work products, review, authoring of documentation, and control of processes including objective identification, resource allocation and management, planning, implementation, monitoring, adjustment, etc. And Alps-Pro AUTOSAR project has passed the ASPICE CL2 assessment with high scores.

This indicates that Calterah’s “performed process is now implemented in a managed fashion (planned, monitored and adjusted) and its work products are appropriately established, controlled and maintained”, establishing a complete and efficient set of standardized processes for automotive software development and management.

Unlike consumer-grade and industrial-grade products, automotive-grade products must meet more stringent safety and reliability standards. As a global leader in mmWave radar chips and with continuous efforts to improve its R&D system for automotive-grade chips, Calterah has been awarded the ISO 26262 Functional Safety Management System Certification (Level 3) and ISO/SAE 21434 Automotive Cybersecurity Certification. Calterah has established and put into practice a comprehensive development and management process throughout the entire lifecycle of mmWave radar SoC chips.

Having passed ASPICE CL2, Calterah will uphold the design philosophy of automotive-grade reliability and safety with the support of a high-standard software development process and continue providing customers with more transparent and reliable software and tool solutions.  Calterah will also implement this philosophy throughout the  R&D processes of radar chips, toolchains, and application solutions, ensuring the delivery of more leading-edge, safer, and more competitive mmWave radar SoCs and solutions for the market.