Zonal Architecture for Centralized Compute
Each vehicle on the road contains around a hundred microcontrollers (MCUs) to operate lower-level functions, such as electric seats, transmission changes, and range reporting. As more digitalization takes place across the vehicle and computing complexity increases, these MCUs and ECUs cannot remain as independently operated components. A move toward a zonal and centralized compute architecture is essential.
Vehicles of the future will be radically different to those we drive today. Rising demands on electronics and higher compute requirements, combined with the growth of AI within vehicle architectures, are enabling a range of new driver functions and unit updates. Join Arm and NXP's upcoming webinar to learn about the challenges faced by motor manufacturers in enabling software-defined vehicles (SDVs), Arm’s high performance, power efficient portfolio with enhanced functional safety and security features. and the opportunities to accelerate the migration of vehicle portfolios through to new E/E architectures.
Start Designing Immediately with Arm-Based Automotive Solution Stacks
The Arm-based virtual platforms developed for zonal setups using microcontrollers by our partner ecosystem and SOAFEE, help accelerate product development and reduce time to market. Since there’s no need to wait for physical IP, designers can start immediately, and software stacks can be used ‘as is’ from IP to Arm-based hardware, or adapted for development needs.
Automotive Spotlight
Arm Cortex-M and Cortex-R Processors
Cortex-M23 Processor
The smallest and lowest-power microcontroller with Arm TrustZone security, making it the ideal processor for applications where software isolation and software security are required.
Cortex-M55 Processor
Arm’s most AI-capable Cortex-M processor and the first to feature Arm Helium technology, bringing a significant uplift in power-efficient ML and DSP performance for IoT devices.
Cortex-M85
Cortex-M85 provides increased security and high performance on a single Cortex-M without the need to migrate to multicore or heterogeneous platforms.
Cortex-R52 Processor
Arm Cortex-R processors are designed for implementation on advanced silicon processes where high-performance and cost-effective processing is required. Cortex-R52 is the most advanced processor in the Cortex-R family delivering real-time performance for functional safety.
Cortex-R52+ Processor
Designed for implementation on advanced processes, Cortex-R processors achieve high execution speed within an efficient silicon footprint. Cortex-R52+ builds on its predecessor, the Arm Cortex-R52, to assist integration and virtualization for functional safety applications, while maintaining software compatibility.
Cortex-R82AE Processor
A 64-bit Cortex-R processor that blends the benefits of deterministic execution with advanced processor technologies to enable rich software stacks, including coherency and virtualization.
Arm Automotive Ecosystem
Together with our world-leading automotive partner ecosystem, we’re providing OEMs and the automotive industry with the processor IP, tools, and software solutions for automated driving, software-defined cars, and unique in-vehicle experiences.
Driving Reimagined by Arm Partners
Voices on Arm: GreenHills Talks Zonal Controllers, Safety Certification in Automotive
At Embedded World 2023, GreenHills Software, outlines why the move to zonal controllers in vehicles will deliver opportunities to consolidate key automotive functions, and how GreenHills are working on software tools to support Arm-based zonal controllers and microcontrollers.
Arm Flexible Access for Startups
Together with our unique partner ecosystem, Arm provides startups the confidence needed to translate a transformational idea from inspiration into production. See how Arm Flexible Access for Startups provides access to a broad portfolio of extensively verified IP, tools and training, with a $0 license fee to develop your SoC.
Artificial Intelligence Technologies for Automotive
Artificial intelligence in cars is growing exponentially, due to an ever-increasing number of driver assistance features being developed with advancements in ADAS. These features use computer vision and sensor fusion, as well as in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) functionalities that produce improvements in voice and speech recognition.
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Additional Resources
Blogs
- MCUs: The Microelectronic Heartbeat of the Car, Running on Arm
- “No Controller Left Behind”: Why Cortex-M CPUs are the Automotive Choice for Microcontrollers
- The Flexible Approach to Adding Functional Safety to a CPU
- Arm Safety Ready Program: Building Confidence into your Application
- 25,000 Times Faster than the Blink of an Eye: The Rise of Real-Time in the Car
- Cortex-M23: Now Enhanced for Safety-critical Automotive Applications
- Cortex-M55: Functional Safety Ready and Fueling the Next Generation of Automotive Microcontrollers
- Cortex-M85: Enabling Safety and Boosting Flexibility and Performance Even Higher
- Software on Wheels: Do You Have the Right Tools?
- The Cloud-Native Approach to the Software Defined Car
- The Importance of Building Functional Safety Into your Design Right from the Start