Driver Assistance and Autonomous? Need ASIL D Ready Certified CPU!

By SemiWiki

March 20, 2017

The automotive segment is moving from a kind of niche, filled with commodities and highly specialized low complexity IC, to an innovative and very dynamic segment attracting most of the big players, from Qualcomm to Nvidia or Intel. These chip makers are targeting automotive as they need to find new growth areas, and they have quickly adapted their application processor offer from mobile to automotive, more specifically to ADAS and autonomous vehicle.

But this automotive segment is completely different from the consumer segment, as most of the applications are safety critical. That’s why you need to understand standards like ISO 26262 or ASIL. To target applications like ADAS, radar, or safety-critical sensors, even if you market a CPU IP and not and IC, you need to have invested well in advance to propose an ASIL D compliant core…

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