2026 Khronos Safety Critical Ecosystem Survey

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1. Which best describes your primary role? (Required.)

AI/ML engineering

Application development

Product/business leadership

Graphics engineering

Compute/GPU engineering

System/platform architecture

Compiler/toolchain

Functional safety/certification

Hardware/silicon

Other (please specify)

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2. What is your organization’s primary market domain? (Required.)

Semiconductor/IP

Avionics/aerospace

Energy/utilities

Industrial automation/control

Defense

Rail/transportation

Software/tools/middleware

Robotics/autonomous systems | Medical devices

Automotive/mobility

Consumer

Other (please specify)

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3. Approximately how many employees does your organization have? (Required.)

1-49

50-249

250-999

1,000-4,999

5,000-19,999

20,000+

Prefer not to answer

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4. Where does your organization participate in the value chain? (Select all that apply.) (Required.)

Application/framework/middleware

Certification/engineering services

Tier supplier

End-product OEM/system integrator

OS/hypervisor/BSP

Driver/runtime/compiler

Silicon/accelerator/IP

Research/academia

Other (please specify)

Prefer not to answer

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5. Which functional-safety or assurance standards apply to the program you are answering for? (Select all that apply.) (Required.)

ISO 26262

Internal process

IEC 61508 | IEC 62304

DO-178C/ED-12C

Defense-specific

ISO 21448/SOTIF

EN 50128/IEC 62279

Other (please specify)

Not yet determined/Prefer not to answer

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6. What is the highest target assurance or integrity level (e.g., DAL A, ASIL D, SIL 3, Class C, mixed, or not determined)?

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7. When do you expect first-product or certifiable-program use of any Khronos safety-critical API (Vulkan SC, SYCL SC, OpenGL SC 1.x/2.x)? (Required.)

Already deployed

In certification/qualification

In product development

Prototype/evaluation now

Within 12 months

1-2 years

3-5 years

More than 5 years

No plan/unknown

11% of survey complete.

2026 Khronos Safety Critical Ecosystem Survey

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* 1. Which best describes your primary role? (Required.)

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* 2. What is your organization’s primary market domain? (Required.)

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* 3. Approximately how many employees does your organization have? (Required.)

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* 4. Where does your organization participate in the value chain? (Select all that apply.) (Required.)

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* 5. Which functional-safety or assurance standards apply to the program you are answering for? (Select all that apply.) (Required.)

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* 6. What is the highest target assurance or integrity level (e.g., DAL A, ASIL D, SIL 3, Class C, mixed, or not determined)?

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* 7. When do you expect first-product or certifiable-program use of any Khronos safety-critical API (Vulkan SC, SYCL SC, OpenGL SC 1.x/2.x)? (Required.)

1. Which best describes your primary role? (Required.)

2. What is your organization’s primary market domain? (Required.)

3. Approximately how many employees does your organization have? (Required.)

4. Where does your organization participate in the value chain? (Select all that apply.) (Required.)

5. Which functional-safety or assurance standards apply to the program you are answering for? (Select all that apply.) (Required.)

6. What is the highest target assurance or integrity level (e.g., DAL A, ASIL D, SIL 3, Class C, mixed, or not determined)?

7. When do you expect first-product or certifiable-program use of any Khronos safety-critical API (Vulkan SC, SYCL SC, OpenGL SC 1.x/2.x)? (Required.)