Toshiba Selects ARM Cortex-M3 Processor for Automotive Applications

ARM (LSE:ARM;
Nasdaq:ARMHY) today announced Toshiba Corporation has licensed the
high-performance, low-cost ARM(R) Cortex(TM)-M3 processor. Through
licensing the ARM Cortex-M3 processor, Toshiba will expand its portfolio of
microcontrollers and solutions for 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 32-bit microcontrollers for
high-response, critical control applications, such as those used in the
automotive market. Additionally cost demands are forcing the consolidation
of multiple applications onto a single device requiring higher performance
than 8- or 16-bit platforms can offer, through automotive standard
infrastructures such as AutoSAR (Automotive Open System Architecture) or
JasPar (Japan Automotive Software Platform Architecture). The ARM Cortex-M3
processor with its high system performance, exceptional interrupt handling,
integrated application security and full tools support is an ideal platform
on which to develop a wide array of deeply embedded applications.
"The automotive controller market is deploying increasingly complex
applications on microcontrollers while demanding increased safety
certification and improved code reuse. 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." said 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," said Graham Budd, executive VP and general manager, Processor
Division, ARM. "Our Partners are looking to accelerate the delivery of
highly competitive, 32-bit 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
utilization 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 32-bit
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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