The Plenary meeting of IEC TC56 (Dependability) (Figure 2) took place in Vienna from December 2-6, 2024. It was hosted by ÖVE (Austrian Electrotechnical Association) and supported by the Austrian Mirror Committee EG56, led by Erwin Schoitsch (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology) and Horst Lewitschnig (Infineon Austria), both also the leaders of the PowerizeD Standardization Task. We had the opportunity to present the Standardization Synergies Roll-up Poster (see Figure 1) and give a short overview on the importance of standardization in ECSEL and Chip-JU industry-driven projects, funded by the EC (Horizon Europe, Joint Undertakings ECSEL JU and Chips-JU) and national funding Authorities of the partners in the Plenary and during the seminar.
Dependability includes reliability, availability, maintainability, and supportability, as shown in Figure 3. It is fundamental for the performance of systems and services and impacts both all types of organizations and society in general. Particularly reliability is essential in the context of hardware and semiconductors and upwards to system level. Many targets of PoweriezD are covered by dependability standards, as shown in Figure 3 below, such as contributions to European goals of sustainability, resilience, circular economy, and public interest in trustworthiness of autonomous systems, and asset management in context of industrial supply chains.
