ARM's latest Cortex-R4F targets automotive apps

ARM's latest Cortex-R4F targets automotive apps

LONDON — ARM Ltd has started sampling the latest version of its Cortex-R4 processor that is targeted at reducing the cost and design-time of automotive applications.

ARM (Cambridge, England) says the R4F processor offers floating point support for faster processing of 32-bit designs, and enables designers to meet stringent error-free automotive safety standards while maintaining the flexibility of their system-on-chip (SoC) designs.

The Cortex-R4 was announced in May this year as an embedded processor range targeted at numerous applications.

Features of the R4F include support for Error-Correcting Code (ECC) memory, the extension of error detection into the interconnect and a synthesis-optional Floating-Point Unit (FPU), and the company stresses the processor is processor is fully supported by a broad range of ARM technologies including RealView development tools, ARM Artisan Physical IP and ARM PrimeCell peripheral IP.

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