What:
Elk Grove, Calif., July 9, 2026 -- Accellera Systems Initiative (Accellera), the electronics industry organization focused on the creation and adoption of electronic design automation (EDA) and intellectual property (IP) standards, announced today the availability of the Functional Safety Language (FSL) Draft Standard1.0 for public review. Download the draft standard on Accellera’s Drafts Under Public Review page.
About:
FSL defines the syntax and semantics of a language and data model for representing and exchanging functional safety intent—focusing on FMEDA—between tools, teams, and operations across the supply chain, from IP to system level.
By enabling automation, interoperability, and traceability, FSL streamlines the implementation of industry standards like ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 for safety-critical systems, significantly increasing confidence in overall safety compliance.
When:
The Public review is open through August 14, 2026.
How to participate and influence the standard:
The Functional Safety Working Group invites comments and feedback via its Community Forum.
For more information on the upcoming standard, visit the Functional Safety Working Group page.
About Accellera
Accellera Systems Initiative is an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to create, support, promote, and advance system-level design, modeling, and verification standards for use by the worldwide electronics industry. The organization accelerates standards development and, as part of its ongoing partnership with the IEEE, its standards are contributed to the IEEE Standards Association for formal standardization and ongoing change control. For more information, please visit www.accellera.org. Find out more about membership. Follow @accellera on Twitter and LinkedIn or to comment, please use #accellera. Accellera Global Sponsors are Cadence, ChipAgents, Siemens EDA, and Synopsys.
Elk Grove, Calif., July 9, 2026 -- Accellera Systems Initiative (Accellera), the electronics industry organization focused on the creation and adoption of electronic design automation (EDA) and intellectual property (IP) standards, announced today the availability of the Functional Safety Language (FSL) Draft Standard1.0 for public review. Download the draft standard on Accellera’s Drafts Under Public Review page.
About:
FSL defines the syntax and semantics of a language and data model for representing and exchanging functional safety intent—focusing on FMEDA—between tools, teams, and operations across the supply chain, from IP to system level.
By enabling automation, interoperability, and traceability, FSL streamlines the implementation of industry standards like ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 for safety-critical systems, significantly increasing confidence in overall safety compliance.
When:
The Public review is open through August 14, 2026.
How to participate and influence the standard:
The Functional Safety Working Group invites comments and feedback via its Community Forum.
For more information on the upcoming standard, visit the Functional Safety Working Group page.
About Accellera
Accellera Systems Initiative is an independent, not-for-profit organization dedicated to create, support, promote, and advance system-level design, modeling, and verification standards for use by the worldwide electronics industry. The organization accelerates standards development and, as part of its ongoing partnership with the IEEE, its standards are contributed to the IEEE Standards Association for formal standardization and ongoing change control. For more information, please visit www.accellera.org. Find out more about membership. Follow @accellera on Twitter and LinkedIn or to comment, please use #accellera. Accellera Global Sponsors are Cadence, ChipAgents, Siemens EDA, and Synopsys.