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Support software development teams for firmware and MCAL development on virtual hardware platforms
Nuclei, IAR, and MachineWare are working closely together to accelerate innovation in RISC-V AIL-compliant automotive solutions. The collaboration simplifies firmware and MCAL development for automotive electronics, providing seamless integration between virtual and physical hardware platforms. With this collaborative effort, designers can start software development earlier and easily scale their test environments.
The effort between Silreal, IAR, and MachineWare enabled a seamless transition between virtual and physical SoCs, facilitating early software development and error detection. This simplified approach accelerates time-to-market, especially in automotive underlying software solution development and HIL (Hardware-in-the-Loop) test scenarios.
Headquartered in China, a leading RISC-V CPU IP and solution provider, ChipLab has developed a complete RISC-V CPU IP portfolio from scratch. Today, CoreRay's CPU IP has been deployed by more than 200 customers in markets such as artificial intelligence, automotive, networking, storage, and industrial. Covering ASIL-B to ASIL-D certified RISC-V CPU, all of our NA (Automotive Grade) products, we offer comprehensive functional safety packages and services to accelerate the certification process for chip design companies. Up to now, many automotive chip customers have adopted the NA series of CPU IP in applications such as lidar, engine electronic control unit, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), gateways, and microcontroller units (MCUs).
IAR is the world's leading provider of software solutions for embedded system development, and its flagship product, IAR Embedded Workbench, is widely regarded as the industry's gold standard compiler and debugger toolchain, which can improve software code reuse and help developers improve productivity, and is loved by millions of developers around the world. At the same time, for the development of applications with high safety requirements, IAR Embedded Workbench for RISC-V provides a functional safety version, which complies with 10 functional safety standards such as automotive ISO 26262 and industrial IEC 61508, providing a reliable solution for the development of safety-critical applications and accelerating the time to market.
MachineWare specializes in ultra-fast virtual prototyping and virtual platforms for system simulation of high-performance SoC/MCU chips for software analysis, verification, development, and architecture exploration. The SIM-V platform provides a high-speed RISC-V simulator that can be seamlessly integrated into a full system simulation or virtual platform (VP) for full simulation of the entire SoC or ECU. On top of that, VP has the advantage of being in-depth and non-intrusive and flexible in both on-premises and cloud-based deployments.
Anders Holmberg, CTO of IAR, sees the collaboration between the three companies as important in the automotive industry: "This collaboration brings together our strengths to advance the use of RISC-V SoCs in the automotive industry. Our certification solutions streamline supply chain processes and support functional safety and security compliance. This opens up new opportunities for innovation and differentiation in the market. ”
Dr. Jianying Peng, CEO of Silicon Labs, said, "The ISO 26262 certified RISC-V CPU IP provides solid and unprecedented flexibility and efficiency to meet the functional safety requirements from ASIL-B to ASIL-D in automotive chip development. "Together, we will support our customers in the automotive industry and accelerate their development efforts to ensure the successful protection of functional safety and cybersecurity." ”
Lukas Jünger, co-founder of MachineWare, said, "Our ultra-fast RISC-V simulator, SIM-V, gives engineers the ability to simulate high-performance MCU/SoC systems before actual prototypes appear. This accelerates the development process and reduces cost increases caused by defects and vulnerabilities. "We are proud to partner with IAR and SocleiTech to provide customers with the tools they need to develop SoCs in the automotive industry." ”
For more information about this collaboration, please visit the official websites of IAR, Silicon Labs, and MachineWare.
About Xinlai Technology
Founded in 2018, Silicon Technology has been focusing on the research and development of RISC-V CPU IP and corresponding platform solutions, and is a representative enterprise in the local RISC-V field.
Starting from scratch and insisting on self-development, Xinlai Technology has created four general-purpose CPU IP product lines of N/U, NX/UX and three dedicated CPU IP product lines of NS, NA, NI. Thereinto:
N/U (SV32 MMU) is a 32-bit architecture, mainly used in edge computing, low-power, and IoT scenarios.
NX/UX (SV39 and SV48 MMUs supported) is a 64-bit architecture, mainly used in high-performance application scenarios such as data centers, network security, and storage.
NS (Security) is oriented to high-security scenarios such as payment;
NA (Automotive) is oriented to functional safety automotive electronics scenarios;
NI Intelligence (NI) is designed for high-performance computing scenarios such as AI.
At present, more than 200 domestic and foreign officially authorized customers have used the RISC-V CPU IP of Xinlai Technology, covering AI, automotive electronics, 5G communication, network security, storage, industrial control, MCU, IoT and other fields.
For more details, please pay attention to the WeChat public account "Xinlai Technology".
关于MachineWare
Founded in 2022 in Aachen, Germany, MachineWare is a pioneer in the development of high-performance simulator and virtual prototyping platforms for SoCs/MCUs. MachineWare provides cutting-edge virtual prototyping tools that are ideal for executing target software that requires no modifications, and are indispensable for development, validation, and architecture exploration by underlying software engineers.
As one of MachineWare's flagship products, SIM-V is a rapid solution tailored specifically for RISC-V system virtualization. SIM-V helps users accelerate RISC-V software development and identify software defects, such as bugs and vulnerabilities, before physical prototypes are available, to meet or exceed their program requirements.
MachineWare simplifies the integration of SoCs/MCUs with automotive controllers by providing hardware and software designers with a unified tool early in the system design cycle. This approach helps SoC/MCU engineers shift left in development and complete the product development and test process ahead of schedule.
About IAR:
IAR provides world-leading software and services for embedded development, helping companies around the world create innovative products that meet current needs and future trends. Since 1983, IAR's embedded development and embedded security solutions have been used in the development of more than 1 million embedded applications in industries such as industrial automation, IoT, automotive, and medical, guaranteeing quality, safety, reliability, and efficiency. IAR supports 15,000 chips from more than 70 semiconductor partners. IAR is headquartered in Sweden and has sales branches and support offices around the world. In China, IAR has set up an experienced application engineer support team to provide customers with fast, professional and localized technical support services, and continue to create maximum value for customers. For more information, please visit: www.iar.com.