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Visualizing and analysing data-driven shift from decentralized to centralized automotive E/E architectures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 May 2024

Tejas Pravin Phadnis ,
Nils Feyerabend  and
Joachim Axmann
Tejas Pravin Phadnis*
Affiliation:
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Germany
Nils Feyerabend
Affiliation:
Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Germany
Joachim Axmann
Affiliation:
Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
*
tejas.phadnis@volkswagen.de

Abstract

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Decentralized E/E architectures (EEAs) are facing challenges and bottlenecks in implementing new features and technologies. The shift towards centralized EEAs has many challenges and needs to be handled pragmatically by considering concurrency with the existing EEAs. To address the challenges of architectural shift, the paper showcases the quantitative comparison of EEAs and visualizes the flow of shifting sub-function and hardware blocks using the Sankey diagram. The observations from the diagram as a result will support OEMs to analyse and take decisions on the shift while developing EEAs.

Keywords

visualisationarchitectural designdata analysisfuture trendsdesign knowledge

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Proceedings of the Design Society , Volume 4: DESIGN 2024 , May 2024 , pp. 453 - 462
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