Software-defined vehicle

As zone architectures consolidate functions into fewer ECUs, having flexible processing solutions is critical for SDV designs. Our portfolio of microcontrollers and processors offers a wide range of performance capabilities and crucial features such as integrated hardware security modules for cybersecurity.

Portfolio features:

• Central computing: multi-core Arm Cortex-A processors provide high-performance compute, AI acceleration and functional safety capabilities.
• Zone controllers: specialized C2000, Arm Cortex-M and Cortex-R MCUs provide low-latency, multi-interface communication and data security.
• Edge ECUs: mixed-signal MCUs deliver cost-effective options for controlling sensors, actuators and local loads at low power.

Zone architectures rely on smart load drivers that help minimize microcontroller intervention during load or wiring fault conditions, provide software flexibility for over-the-air updates, and reduce printed circuit board and bill-of-materials cost across platforms and variants.

Portfolio features:

• Advanced fault diagnostics to autonomously protect the load driver, cable and load through various fault conditions.
• Software configurability to change fault, load control and other device settings through Serial Peripheral Interface.
  
• A range of multifunction and multichannel devices including integrated field-effect transistor and gate-driver solutions to meet unique channel count and load requirements.

Software-defined vehicles are adding intelligent and optimized power distribution by replacing melting fuses with smart switches in power distribution boxes and local zone controllers. Our switches provide benefits such as resettable outputs and accurate I2t characteristics across temperature that help optimize wiring harness lengths and reduce wire gauges.

Portfolio features:

• Automotive eFuse high-side switches intelligently drive loads with software-configurable I2T current limiting and capacitive charging. These devices are resettable if a fault occurs and can provide diagnostics to the MCU about the failure type and state of each load.
• Motor drivers with intelligent power distribution for high-power packaging and small form factors. 

We provide reliable and secure in-vehicle network communication across all layers of the network for implementing over-the-air updates and sharing various types of data.

Portfolio features:

• Ethernet PHY's enable communication from the vehicle backbone, down to the edge node, and offload complex software operations onto the PHY hardware for easier SDV integration.
• Processors with Ethernet, CAN and other network peripherals and integrated switches.
• Integrated motor drivers help you maximize motor performance.
• CAN transceivers provide reliability through common-mode noise rejection and error handling.
• Balance in-vehicle network system cost at the intended bandwidth in order to fit your specific network architecture.
• Integrated security features. 

We provide stable, robust and high-quality software development environments designed for SDV systems. Our broad range of embedded processing devices supports scalable SDV designs, while our common development environments enable seamless code reuse. This combination simplifies your development processes, maximizes your software investments and accelerates your time to market.

Portfolio features:

• Software reuse support across our scalable processor portfolio.
• Expedite development with production-quality drivers and safety-qualified MCAL.
• Flexible operating system options, including FreeRTOS, Linux, QNX and SafeRTOS.
• AUTOSAR compliance and simplify integration with our diverse software ecosystem. 

With so much at stake with your vehicle architecture solutions, functional safety provides the necessary risk-management framework. From a security perspective, there are vehicle-specific cybersecurity mechanisms to protect SDVs that manufacturers require such as I would probably fill in HSM, security enclave, EVITA and more. 

Portfolio features:

• On-demand functional safety documentation such as functional safety failure-in-time rates and failure-mode distribution.
• Our Ethernet devices have extensive features including Media Access Control security (MACsec) to enable secure data communication in SDV architectures.