Toshiba takes Cortex-M3 licence
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Toshiba has licensed ARM’s Cortex-M3 processor, a move which is likely to expand its portfolio of microcontrollers and solutions for the automotive controller market.
"The automotive controller market is deploying increasingly complex applications on microcontrollers, whilst 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 in Toshiba's System LSI Division. "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."
Graham Budd, executive VP and general manager of ARM's processor division, noted: "Our partners are looking to accelerate the delivery of 32bit ARM processor based products into the volume automotive and microcontroller markets. The Cortex-M3 processor makes this transition to higher performance and more safety critical applications more efficient and cost effective."
