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News Release from: ARM | Subject: Toshiba
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 17 July 2007
32bit core answers automotive safety
demands
Toshiba begins development of automotive controller SoCs based on the ARM Cortex-M3 processor.
Toshiba has licensed the high-performance, low-cost ARM Cortex-M3 processor for use in the automotive controller market, where low power consumption and exceptional system response to interrupts, combined with computational performance and excellent code density are vital Increasingly, developers are migrating to 32bit microcontrollers for high-response, critical control applications, such as those used in the automotive market
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The open nature of the ARM platform and tools, coupled with specific safety-robust IP, enables us to deliver the solutions our customers are demanding for the next generation of vehicles", says Yutaka Murao, Senior Fellow, System LSI Division, Semiconductor Company, Toshiba Corporation.
"The performance, interrupt handling, and application security capabilities of the Cortex-M3 processor makes it the ideal platform on the numerous other changing demands of the automotive marketplace".
"Our latest agreement with Toshiba demonstrates the continued momentum the ARM Cortex-M3 processor is having in the automotive market as our top silicon Partners accelerate the delivery of microcontrollers based on the ARM architecture to meet the demands of leading automotive manufacturers and OEMs", says Graham Budd, Executive VP and General Manager, Processor Division, ARM.
"Our partners are looking to accelerate the delivery of highly competitive, 32bit ARM processor-based products into the volume automotive and microcontroller markets".
"The Cortex-M3 processor, along with the industry's leading tools ecosystem, makes this transition to higher performance and more safety-critical applications more efficient and cost-effective".
The ARM Cortex-M3 processor, which significantly improves memory utilisation while delivering industry-leading power and performance in a small RISC core, delivers the means to accelerate the migration of thousands of applications around the globe from legacy components to 32bit microcontrollers.
The ARM Cortex-M3 processor combines multiple breakthrough technologies that enable chip vendors to deliver devices at extremely low costs, while achieving outstanding performance of up to 1.25DMIPS/MHz in a complete processor of fewer than 40,000 gates.
This design also integrates a number of tightly coupled system peripherals to achieve the exceptional system response needed to manage future generations of critical control tasks.
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