software fragility

Why are non-crashing failures becoming more common in modern embedded designs?
Embedded systems have become far more complex over the last decade. We now see multicore processors, RTOS-based concurrency, third-party middleware, connectivity stacks, and increasingly AI or data-driven workloads running alongside traditional control software. Read the Component in Electronics interview with Percepio CEO Andreas Lifvendahl, March 2026 issue

“We do embedded software traces for automotive and other industrial software applications,” said Andreas Lifvendahl, CEO of Percepio. “We make sure the software behaves.” Tracealyzer provided insight into software runtime performance, helping engineers monitor execution behaviour during development and testing in BMW’s work on software-defined vehicles (SDVs). Read Vehicle Electronic’s Embedded Worlds 2026 show floor interview with Percepio CEO Andreas Lifvendahl (issue 148, April 2026)