SiliconAuto taps IAR for chip tools

SiliconAuto, the silicon joint venture between Foxconn and Stellantis, has partnered with IAR for safety critical development tools.

As a Functional Safety (FuSa) partner, IAR will support SiliconAuto’s automotive chip development through IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM, complemented by the C-STAT and C-RUN code analysis tools. This collaboration delivers high integration, accelerating time to market and enhancing safety features in automotive chips.

SiliconAuto is co-funded by Hon Hai Technology Group, better known as contract manufacturer Foxconn, and leading automaker Stellantis. It is developing three core product lines – automotive MCU, SerDes, and SoC for electronic control units (ECUs) such as body control modules (BCM), camera and display data transmission, and driver assistance systems. It is already using the Siemens PAVE360 for design.

Achieving Functional Safety (FuSa) certification requires rigorous verification and testing and the tools are essential to ensure code quality, accelerate development, and improve efficiency.

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“Our customers have extremely high standards for the quality of partner solutions, so we have strong confidence in IAR’s certified solutions from the initial phases of each project,” said Tommy Lin, Director of System Platform Design at SiliconAuto. “IAR’s extensive experience in functional safety enables us to develop, verify, and maintain consistency across builds quickly. Moreover, IAR’s local service teams are certified functional safety experts, providing prompt and comprehensive support that is crucial for the automotive industry.”

This partnership enables SiliconAuto’s microcontroller to deliver robust safety functions in the body control module. IAR Embedded Workbench for ARM offers a complete toolchain, including an optimized compiler and advanced debugging capabilities. The integrated code analysis tools actively identify code issues, improve code quality, and reduce potential security vulnerabilities, ensuring that security gaps are identified and addressed. This integrated toolchain helps SiliconAuto streamline development, saving time and effort.

“IAR is committed to supporting SiliconAuto in developing more reliable automotive chip technology with our functional safety solutions,” said Kiyo Uemura, Area Vice President, APAC of IAR. “With vast potential in the global automotive industry, microcontrollers (MCUs) are pivotal for smart innovation in automotive electronics. IAR will continue to work with outstanding ecosystem partners like SiliconAuto to provide secure, embedded applications from product development to mass production, empowering the automotive industry to achieve future innovation.”

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