Episode 20: SuperTest with Marcel Beemster (Solid Sands)

Validas — Tool and Library Qualification

In this episode, Dr. Oscar Slotosch sat down for a conversation with Marcel Beemster, the CTO of Solid Sands— the one-stop-shop for C and C++ compiler and library testing, validation, and safety services. They discuss all the things that can go wrong with a compiler, where the biggest challenges in compiler use come from, and how Marcel and his team use the Solid Sands’ SuperTest validation suite. Tune in to learn about compiler development and testing from Oscar and Marcel.

More information on Solid Sands and SuperTest can be found on https://solidsands.com/supertest.

To hear more detail on some of the topics discussed in this episode, join us in Episode 42: Static Analysis with Daniel Kästner (AbsInt), and for an in-depth look at the qualification strategies for compilers and the use of code coverage in qualification argumentation, listen to two of our newer episodes: Episode 26: Code Coverage in Qualification and Episode 27: Compiler Qualification. If you would like to learn more about how validation is defined in the ISO 26262 safety standard, join us in our short question episode, Question 06: Why is it called tool validation?

Your producer and friendly representative of the audience in this episode has been Ivana Kurecic.

We can be reached through [e-mail] and all information about Validas can be found on our website, validas.de.