Accelerating Innovation for Safety Systems with Arm Flexible Access

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community.arm.com, Feb. 19, 2020 – 

There is little doubt that the power of computing has profoundly influenced our everyday lives in highly visible and numerous invisible ways. Take a moment and think about some of the ways in which technology is integrated into our lives and you will realize the high degree of trust we unquestionably place in our electronic systems every day. Now think bigger, about application areas like automotive, medical, industrial, aviation and railways, where if systems fail or go wrong, how serious and potentially life-threatening the consequences can be. Trust in these applications is crucial and only possible because of functional safety: A system's ability to detect, diagnose and safely mitigate the occurrence of any fault. We all acknowledge that the application of safety is critical, but how do we then balance safety and innovation in these rapidly transforming industries?

Introducing Arm Flexible Access with Added Safety

In July of last year, we introduced Arm Flexible Access, a completely new way of accessing our world leading SoC design portfolio, making it easier to innovate, experiment, and design SoCs. It provides access to a huge range of Arm IP, tools, models, and support, while also introducing a new payment model to reduce commercial constraints for the up-front design phase of a project. We have seen a great response to Arm Flexible Access and have been listening carefully to feedback from our customers. Something we have repeatedly heard, especially from our partners in the automotive, and industrial segments, is the request for key technologies for functional safety to be a part of this program.

It is for this reason that we are very proud to announce the addition of Arm Safety Packages for select IP within Arm Flexible Access, with the goal to make it easier for developers in the automotive and other safety-related industries to create SoCs and attain certification for industry safety standards. Arm Flexible Access already included a range of Safety Ready processor IP - a collection of Arm products that have been through various and rigorous levels of functional safety flows and development, and certified by external assessors. Safety Ready IP is a key foundation to enable the development of safety capable SoC systems, and we are now building on this strong foundation with the inclusion of Safety Packages.

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