Perforce Partners with Siemens for Software-Defined, AI-Powered, Silicon-Enabled Design

Partnership to Unify Software and Semiconductor Development 

MINNEAPOLIS, May 15, 2025 — Perforce Software, the DevOps company for global teams seeking AI innovation at scale, is partnering with Siemens Digital Industries Software to transform how smart, connected products are designed and developed. 

This cooperation reflects a shared vision: the future of product innovation is software-defined, AI-powered, and silicon-enabled. As product development shifts to prioritize software and silicon at its core, Perforce and Siemens are aligning to deliver the unified development platforms needed to empower the next generation of product engineering. 

“Our customers face increasing complexity and demand a unified approach to software and semiconductor development,” said Mike Ellow, CEO, Siemens EDA, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “Through this partnership with Perforce, we are delivering a platform that brings real-time decision-making, traceability, and AI-driven insight to product development. Together we are enabling our customers to innovate with confidence in the era of software-defined, AI-powered, silicon-enabled systems.” 

Unifying Software and Semiconductor Development 

Today’s software-defined products—from vehicles to industrial automation systems—are driven by software and enabled by silicon. As these domains converge, traditional barriers between software and semiconductor development are rapidly dissolving. This shift demands compute platforms capable of supporting increasingly complex software workloads and requires earlier, system-level trade-offs between software and silicon— verified in the context of the entire product. 

“The future of product development depends on real-time collaboration and traceability across software and hardware domains,” stated Jim Cassens, CEO, Perforce Software. “Our work with Siemens enables customers to align across teams, leverage AI-powered insights, and bring innovation to market faster. It’s an exciting time to redefine how complex systems are designed and built.” 

Through this partnership, Siemens will integrate Perforce’s industry-leading IP Lifecycle Management (IPLM) and P4 (formerly Helix Core) data management solutions to help software and semiconductor teams collaborate seamlessly within a robust, unified development and verification environment. The combined solution enables rapid system architecture decisions, comprehensive requirements verification, and full traceability across the product development lifecycle. 

“We are thrilled to work with Siemens to accelerate the industry’s transition to unified development platforms,” said Adam Olson, CRO, Perforce Software. “Perforce’s IPLM and data management solutions are uniquely suited to support the convergence of software and silicon design. Together with Siemens, we are equipping engineering teams with the tools they need to build the intelligent systems of tomorrow.” 

Delivering a Next-Generation Development Platform 

As software and semiconductor teams converge around shared tools and methodologies, there is a critical need for a cohesive platform for concurrent design, development, and verification. This approach enables greater agility in architectural decision-making, accelerates verification, and ensures full traceability from initial requirements through to implementation and validation. 

Perforce’s IPLM and P4 solutions provide the foundation for this unified development environment. IPLM offers a hierarchical, traceable data model that unifies software and semiconductor metadata—establishing the basis for an intelligent AI-powered platform capable of real-time data analytics to drive informed design decisions—while P4 delivers secure, scalable, high-performance data management. When combined with Siemens’ comprehensive EDA portfolios, customers will gain access to an unparalleled ecosystem that supports the needs of software defined, AI-powered, silicon-enabled product development. 

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