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latest embedded software trends such as ADAS and
autonomous vehicles
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ARM enables autonomous vehicles with
its most advanced safety processor
The ARM
®
Cortex
®
-R52 meets the highest functional
safety standards
Delivers the robust, real-time performance needed
for next generation autonomous systems
Simplifies the path to safety certification of automotive,
industrial and medical
ARM has launched a new real-time processor with
advanced safety features for autonomous vehicles and
medical and industrial robots. The ARM Cortex-R52 was
designed to address functional safety in systems that
must comply with ISO 26262 ASIL D and IEC 61508 SIL
3, the most stringent safety standards in the automotive
and industrial markets.
The Cortex-R52 is ideally-suited for systems that
demand advanced safety features alongside efficient
and responsive execution. It will enable applications
as diverse as surgical automation, safety management
and automotive powertrain control. STMicroelectronics
is the first ARM partner to announce it has licensed the
high performance processor to enable it to create highly
integrated SoCs for the automotive market.
“The Cortex-R52 is the first processor built on the
ARMv8-R architecture and it was designed from the
ground up to address functional safety,” said James
McNiven, general manager for CPU and media
processing groups, ARM. “We are helping partners
to meet particular market opportunities, especially in
fully autonomous vehicles and robotics systems where
specific functionality is required for safety-critical tasks.
By documenting the strict development process, fault
modelling and supporting software isolation, ARM is
enabling a faster route to market for partners addressing
these applications.”
How the Cortex-R52 works
The Cortex-R52 offers hardware-enforced separation
of software tasks to ensure safety-critical code is fully
isolated. This allows the hardware to be managed
by a software hypervisor policing the execution and
resourcing of tasks. By enabling the precise and robust
separation of software, the Cortex-R52 decreases
the amount of code that must be safety-certified, so
speeding up development as software integration,
maintenance and validation is easier. The processor
also deals with increased software complexity while
delivering the determinism and fast context switching
that real-time systems demand.
“The Cortex-R52 supports our Smart Driving vision
by enabling a new range of high-performance, power-
efficient SoCs for any in-vehicle application demanding
real-time operation and the highest levels of functional
safety, including powertrain, chassis and ADAS,” said
Fabio Marchiò, Automotive & Discrete Group Vice
President and
Automotive Digital Division General Manager,
STMicroelectronics. “The Cortex-R52’s ability to
compartmentalize software provides our users with the
best solution for safety without loss of determinism.
Its virtualization support simplifies the consolidation
of applications and functions into a single processor,
delivering a shorter integration time.”
DENSO, a leading global supplier of advanced
automotive technology, systems and components is
supporting the launch.
“DENSO welcomes the development of new processor
technology to drive the evolution of embedded real-time
control, which is critical to advancing capabilities for
autonomous systems,” said Hideki Sugimoto, Project
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