By the year 2007, the mid-range car will have up to 70 Embedded Processors.  Standardizing on a processor core and standard peripherals will help to manage the complexity, connectivity and compatibility of systems whilst decreasing the time and money spent during the development cycle.

• Reliability through mature, industry proven architecture – ARM’s industry leading 16/32-bit architecture is forward compatible and protects investments in hardware and software development
• Supply chain efficiency – There are more than 10 leading microcontroller suppliers providing ARM based Microcontroller Solutions. The ARM network also offers a broad choice of application-specific intellectual property, including CANs, fault tolerant x-by-wire bus systems and OSEK solutions
• Cost reduction – ARM 32-bit processors enable the highest system integration through performance and small die size and ARM Thumb®technology allows the use of cheaper memories. Lower development costs are also possible due to software standardisation and re-use
• Core performance - Through a wide range of functionality and power, parts running from 1MHz to 1 GHz with architectural performance enhancements for media and Java.
• Tools of choice – ARM has the widest range of hardware and software tools support of any 32 bit architecture.
• Wide support - ARM is the best supported microprocessor architecture available. A wide range of OS, Middleware and tools support an extensive choice of multimedia codec solutions optimized for ARM processors, are available from the ARM Connected Community.