Siemens Collaborates with Perforce to Empower AI-Driven Product Development

Perforce Software partners with Siemens Digital Industries Software to unify software and semiconductor development. Integrating Perforce’s IPLM and P4 data management with Siemens’ EDA tools, the collaboration enables real-time collaboration, AI-driven insights, and full traceability across product lifecycles. This unified platform accelerates design, verification, and innovation for software-defined, AI-powered, silicon-enabled products.

Perforce Software, a leading DevOps company focused on AI-driven innovation, announces a strategic partnership with Siemens Digital Industries Software aimed at transforming the design and development of smart, connected products. The collaboration reflects a shared vision that the future of product innovation centres on software-defined, AI-powered, and silicon-enabled systems.

As software and semiconductor technologies converge, product development faces increasing complexity that demands a unified approach. Modern products, from vehicles to industrial automation systems, rely heavily on both software and silicon. This integration requires compute platforms capable of supporting complex software workloads while facilitating early, system-level trade-offs between software and silicon components.

Mike Ellow, CEO of Siemens EDA, states, “Our customers face increasing complexity and demand a unified approach to software and semiconductor development. 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.”

Enabling seamless collaboration across teams

Perforce’s collaboration with Siemens aims to remove traditional barriers between software and semiconductor teams by integrating Perforce’s IP Lifecycle Management (IPLM) and P4 data management solutions into Siemens’ development environment. This integration supports real-time collaboration, comprehensive requirements verification, and full traceability throughout the product lifecycle.

Jim Cassens, CEO of Perforce Software, remarks, “The future of product development depends on real-time collaboration and traceability across software and hardware domains. 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.”

Building a next-generation unified development platform

The partnership delivers a unified platform that supports concurrent design, development, and verification across software and semiconductor domains. This approach increases agility in architectural decision-making, speeds up verification processes, and ensures traceability from initial requirements through to implementation and validation.

Perforce’s IPLM provides a hierarchical and traceable data model unifying software and semiconductor metadata. This model forms the basis for an intelligent AI-powered platform capable of real-time data analytics to guide design decisions. 

P4 offers secure, scalable, and high-performance data management. Combined with Siemens’ extensive Electronic Design Automation (EDA) portfolio, the solution creates an ecosystem designed to meet the evolving needs of software-defined, AI-driven, and silicon-enabled product engineering.

Adam Olson, CRO at Perforce Software, comments, “We are thrilled to work with Siemens to accelerate the industry’s transition to unified development platforms. 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.”

About Perforce

Perforce supports some of the best-run DevOps teams worldwide, offering advanced technology and powerful AI tools that turn ambition into tangible results. The Perforce suite is designed to manage complexity, maintain speed without compromise, and ensure integrity across the DevOps toolchain. Operating in over 80 countries and serving more than 75% of the Fortune 100, Perforce stands as a trusted partner for innovation.

About Siemens

Siemens, founded in 1847 in Germany, is a leading multinational engineering and electronics company operating in over 190 countries with more than 350,000 employees. It focuses on electrification, automation, and digitalisation through its three divisions: Smart Infrastructure, Digital Industries, and Mobility. Siemens is known for innovations like the first industrial robot and advanced medical imaging systems. The company actively invests in renewable energy, smart grids, and sustainability, while promoting social responsibility through global education, health, and economic development initiatives.