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Vendor:
Synopsys, Inc.
Category:
MCU
ARC EM22FS safety processor
The ARC® EM22FS Safety Processor simplifies development of safety-critical applications and accelerates ISO 26262 certification o…
Overview
The ARC® EM22FS Safety Processor simplifies development of safety-critical applications and accelerates ISO 26262 certification of automotive system-on-chips (SoCs). The ASIL D compliant EM22FS processor is a pre-verified dual-core lockstep implementation including a self -checking safety monitor. There is also an option to run the cores in an independent dual core mode for ASIL B or non-automotive applications requiring higher performance.
A tightly coupled architecture is supported such that the interrupt controller, MPU, watchdog timer, and licensable options such as uDMA and FPU are instantiated within the main and shadow core for full redundancy.
The ARC EM22FS processor is supported by comprehensive safety documentation including FMEDA reports and the ARC MetaWare Toolkit for Safety with ASIL D certified compiler to generate ISO 26262 compliant code.
Key features
- Dual-core lockstep safety processor supports ISO 26262 automotive safety standards
- Single solution support for safety level up to ASIL D; Supports both ASIL D lockstep operation or ASIL B single core operation
- Includes hardware safety features such as ECC, integrated user-programmable windowed watchdog timer, and lockstep safety monitor
- Performance and area-efficient cores with up to 1.81 DMIPS/MHz and 360+ DMIPS/mm2 (16FF)
- Support for DSP instructions
- MetaWare Toolkit for Safety with ASIL D certified compiler
- Extensive safety documentation eases SoC certification process
Block Diagram
dwc_arc_em22fs block diagram
Files
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Specifications
Identity
Part Number
dwc_arc_em22fs
Vendor
Synopsys, Inc.
Type
Silicon IP
Provider
Synopsys, Inc.
HQ:
USA
Synopsys is a leading provider of high-quality, silicon-proven semiconductor IP solutions for SoC designs. The broad Synopsys IP portfolio includes logic libraries, embedded memories, analog IP, wired and wireless interface IP, security IP, embedded processors and subsystems. To accelerate IP integration, software development, and silicon bring-up, Synopsys’ IP Accelerated initiative provides architecture design expertise, pre-verified and customizable IP subsystems, hardening, and signal/power integrity analysis. Synopsys' extensive investment in IP quality, comprehensive technical support and robust IP development methodology enables designers to reduce integration risk and accelerate time-to-market.
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