Real-Time Virtualization Support for Functional Safety
The Arm Cortex-R processor series delivers high performance and deterministic execution for time-critical systems. Designed for implementation on advanced processes, Cortex-R processors achieve high execution speed within an efficient silicon footprint. Cortex-R52+ builds on its predecessor, the Arm Cortex-R52, to assist integration and virtualization for functional safety applications, while maintaining software compatibility.
Features and Benefits
Enables efficient software integration with consistent system-wide processor state visibility and performance-enhanced control for real-time virtualization applications, which helps improve efficiency and increase performance.
Provides hardware-enforced software separation on the Armv8-R architecture for the flexibility to update applications and integrate multiple operating systems, while maintaining their freedom from interference for safety-related tasks.
Multicore clusters of Cortex-R52+ processors can be integrated efficiently into system-on-chips (SoCs) and microcontroller systems (MCUs) to deliver high-performance real-time responsiveness.
Where Innovation and Ideas Come to Life
Functional Safety for Cars
Functional safety has continued to grow in importance in a number of critical automotive applications and now extends into many more of the vehicle’s systems than ever before. Domain controllers, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), and autonomous driving increase the complexity of systems where functional safety is critical. Cortex-R52+ supports the highest level of automotive safety required to enable the control computation and safety islands within these systems.
Medical Robotics
Sophisticated medical procedures are using robotics to deliver improved patient outcomes and increase treatment access to more patients through efficient deployment. The advanced safety features integrated within Cortex-R52+ can enable these healthcare systems.
Industrial Automation
Cortex-R52+ supports the high performance and low latency demanded of control systems used in factory automation, and together with its advanced safety features means processors can be implemented in autonomous robotics systems to improve efficiency.
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Find out how Arm Cortex-R52+ processors can simplify your integration, and improve safety, flexibility, and responsiveness in your application.
Explore More Options and Features
CoreSight SoC-600
With the most comprehensive library for the creation of debug and trace solutions, Arm CoreSight SoC-600 enables protocol-based debug access throughout the product lifecycle.
Software Test Libraries
With flexible execution scheduling to minimize the run-time impact on applications, Arm Software Test Libraries provide diagnostic coverage to address functional safety requirements for ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 systems.
Fast Models
Accurate, flexible programmer’s view (PV) models of Arm IP in which to simulate and debug software on virtual prototypes prior to hardware availability.
Arm Compiler
Arm Compiler 6 has been certified by safety experts TÜV SÜD as fulfilling the requirements for development tools classified as T3 in accordance with safety standard IEC 61508-3.
A Foundation of Silicon Success
Arm-based chips, device architectures, and technologies orchestrate the performance of everything that makes modern life possible — from smartphones to agricultural sensors and from medical instruments to servers.
Armv8-R Architecture
The Armv8-R architecture improves the flexibility of the memory protection unit and significantly speeds up context switching time. The virtualization model allows multiple guest operating systems to be hosted efficiently on a single CPU. Hardware-enforced software separation assists with functional safety and security tasks.
Safety Ready
Functional safety is a critical element in the design of any system that requires a high level of reliability. The Arm Safety Ready portfolio is a collection of Arm products that have been through various and rigorous levels of functional safety systematic flows and development.
Neon Technology
Arm Neon technology is an advanced SIMD architecture extension for Cortex-A and Cortex-R series processors. The architecture extension improves processor performance across a range of data types for multiple applications.
Cortex-R52+ Resources
Safety Certificates
- Functional safety assessment certificate STL for Arm Cortex-R52+ IEC 61508 2nd Edition
- Functional safety assessment certificate STL for Arm Cortex-R52+ ISO 26262
- Arm Cortex-R52+ Safety Certificate
Blogs
- Enhancing time-critical automotive designs with Arm Cortex-R52+
- The Flexible Approach to Adding Functional Safety to a CPU
- A Starter's Guide to Arm Processing Power in Automotive
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