Infineon and Marelli are working on developing new E/E architectures

Software-defined vehicles Infineon and Marelli are working on developing new E/E architectures

2024-11-18 Source: Press release | Translated by AI 1 min Reading Time

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Infineon Technologies and Marelli are collaborating to jointly develop new E/-architectures. The cooperation focuses on the Aurix TC4x microcontrollers from Infineon for the development of zone control units. This microcontroller series ensures secure and protected data processing. It supports high-speed communication interfaces such as multi-Gbit Ethernet and PCI Express, as well as new interfaces like CAN-XL and 10BASE-T1S.

The collaboration between Infineon and Marelli utilizes the Aurix TC4x microcontrollers from the semiconductor manufacturer to develop new zone controllers.(Image: Infineon Technologies) — The collaboration between Infineon and Marelli utilizes the Aurix TC4x microcontrollers from the semiconductor manufacturer to develop new zone controllers.
(Image: Infineon Technologies)

By using Infineon's AURIX TC4x, Marelli has created a Zone Control Units platform (ZCU) with key features that benefit the development of modern software-defined vehicles:

Data Routing Engine ensures ultra-low latency communication and improves the efficiency and speed of data transmission in the vehicle.
Hypervisor integration allows for independent software updates, which are important for maintaining new features without system downtime.
Integration of lighting control enables the integration of a new lighting control system into the ZCU and paves the way for future MCU-free lamps.

Focus on cybersecurity

The Aurix TC4x is an important enabler for software-defined vehicles, offering high cybersecurity through an enhanced security cluster and compliance with ISO/SAE 21434. The integrated data routing engine reduces CPU load during data transfers, while the hypervisor acts as a virtualization layer, allowing the combination of applications developed on multiple operating systems on a single AURIX TC4x platform. Along with the virtualization-capable hardware protection mechanism, this facilitates the integration of different applications and ensures that each application has its own allocated resources and requirements.

Availability

The Aurix TC4x is now available. The new Marelli ZCU demonstrator, which is equipped with an Aurix TC4x microcontroller, was showcased by Infineon at electronica 2024. (se)

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