Egatong Technology is the highest level of ASIL D certification in ISO 26262

With the development of the new four modernizations, more and more intelligent cars have brought a huge amount of automotive data, which drives the transformation of automotive products, but also brings new safety issues, and the safety problems of smart cars at the software level are gradually highlighted.

ISO 26262, as the first functional safety standard in history for mass production products, is mainly positioned in the automotive industry for specific electrical devices, electronic devices, programmable electronic devices and other components specifically used in the automotive field, through the systematic functional safety research and development management process, providing a safety life cycle concept for automotive safety, and becoming a "must-answer question" for intelligent automotive safety.

At present, traditional automakers such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Great Wall, Geely, BYD, etc., and technology companies such as Huawei, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, NavInfo, Hesai Technology, Yijiatong Technology, etc., have passed ISO 26262 certification. This shows the importance of this certification.

ISO 26262, the cornerstone of safety in the era of smart cars

The ISO 26262 functional safety standard, which is a translation of the industrial functional safety standard IEC61508, has become a cutting-edge automotive safety-related standard. ISO 26262 emphasizes testing and validation during the development phase to ensure that the functional failure of safety-related electronic products does not pose a hazard, while reducing traffic accidents caused by electronic device failures and reducing the risk of potential recalls.

The ISO 26262 standard published the latest version of the safety specification in 2018. Under the premise of comprehensively standardizing the development process, product performance, and component specifications, the new version expands the scope of application to almost all vehicle types such as motorcycles and special vehicles, and gives guidance and specifications for semiconductor safety development.

ISO 26262 provides a safety lifecycle concept for automotive safety through the system's functional safety R&D management process, including functional safety management, concept stage development, system stage development, hardware stage development, software stage development, support process, safety analysis, product release, production operation maintenance and decommissioning.

According to the three elements of the degree of hazard, exposure and controllability of the risk, ISO 26262 is divided into four levels of A, B, C and D for the ASIL (Integrity of Vehicle Safety) of the car function, of which ASIL D is the highest safety level. Safety is the cornerstone of the development of intelligent vehicles, cost is an important indicator that must be faced, from A to D, the higher the ASIL level, the higher the safety requirements of the system, the higher the cost of achieving safety, which also means that the higher the diagnostic coverage of the hardware, the more stringent the development process, the corresponding development cost increases, the development cycle is extended, and the technical requirements are more stringent.

In today's accelerating process of intelligent car technology innovation, the ISO 26262 standard has become a major "general criterion" for car companies to produce safe cars, and one of the entry thresholds for automotive supply chain manufacturers.

Especially in the fields of lidar, computing platform, domain controller, cockpit SoC, operating system OS and other fields of smart car focus, passing the ISO 26262 standard certification has become a "must-answer question" for smart car safety.

ISO 26262 certification, the "touchstone" for car companies and suppliers

ISO 26262 has a complete evaluation system, the structure is interlocking, the internal logic is rigorous; at the same time, the certification standards are strict, starting from the stage of R & D and design requirements, each link has corresponding technical requirements and evaluation standards, the process is complex and strict, so for car companies and suppliers, ISO 26262 is actually an important "touchstone".

At present, international automakers such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, General Motors, Volkswagen, etc., domestic auto manufacturers such as Great Wall, SAIC, Geely, BYD, etc. have integrated the overall functional safety design standard requirements in the whole industry chain process of the automobile, not only attaching importance to their own vehicle-level functional safety, but also putting forward requirements for the technology of automotive functional safety itself, and the upstream and downstream collaboration of the R&D department, parts and supply chain of car companies.

In addition to traditional automakers, facing the development trend of intelligence, many technology companies such as Huawei, Qualcomm, NVIDIA, NavInfo, Hesai Technology, and Yijiatong Technology have also passed iso 26262 standard certification. But interestingly, as the global leader in electric vehicles, Tesla did not appear on the list of ISO 26262 certifications, for unknown reasons. Tesla's maverick behavior is well known, but even the safety certification is not done, no doubt in the name of innovation, so that consumers face the risk, sitting on its "electric toy" attributes.

In fact, the same through the ISO 26262 standard certification of enterprises, there are also difficult points, by DAkkS signature certification, that is, the german national certification body to make the most authoritative safety certification, but few passed. But in this list, you can still see companies like "Yijiatong Technology" becoming the pride of local enterprises. I believe that everyone's understanding of Yijiatong Technology is due to its intelligent cockpit system support for Geely. In fact, Yijiatong's technology business is more extensive, and it is involved in key technology products such as chip modules, core software, and application services. Passing the ISO 26262 standard certification shows that the company attaches great importance to automotive safety, and it can also be seen that Yijiatong Technology takes the initiative to assume the responsibility of technical safety base, which is a very corporate responsibility.

Egatong Technology is ISO 26262:2018 ASIL D level certified by DAkkS. It means that it has won the most authoritative and gold-containing certification in the certification system, and many companies want to take it but have not yet obtained it, which shows the strength of Yijiatong Technology. This not only shows that Yijiatong Technology has established a product development and management process system that fully complies with the ASIL D level, but also marks that Yijiatong Technology has reached the international leading level in product function safety development and management capabilities, which will also ensure the "safe landing" of Yijiatong Technology products and technologies.

In the context of the continuous development of intelligent vehicles, the ISO 2626 functional safety certification standard has played an important normative role in car companies and built an important line of defense to ensure automobile safety. After all, safety comes first no matter what time it is.