Recently, GigaDevice’s GD32A7x automotive-grade MCU has officially received comprehensive support from the TASKING VX-toolset for Arm v7.1r1. As a leading embedded development tool in the industry, the compatibility and optimization capabilities of the TASKING VX-toolset for Arm will further enhance the development efficiency and performance of the GD32A7x MCU in the automotive electronics field.
Since establishing a strategic partnership in 2024, GigaDevice and TASKING have maintained close collaboration, continuously optimizing toolchain support around automotive electronic application needs, helping developers easily build high-performance, safe, and reliable embedded systems. This compatibility upgrade not only enriches the development ecosystem of the GD32A7x MCU but also provides automotive industry customers with a more efficient development environment, accelerating the application of high-end MCUs in core areas such as Body Domain Control (BDC), Body Control Module (BCM), Battery Management System (BMS), On-Board Charger (OBC), T-BOX, chassis applications, lighting control, and DC-DC.
The GigaDevice GD32A7x series automotive-grade MCU is equipped with an Arm®Cortex®-M7 core, a 160MHz main frequency, and 763 DMIPS computing power, capable of efficiently handling complex tasks. It features up to 4MB of on-chip Flash and 512KB of SRAM, supporting dual Flash banks to facilitate seamless OTA upgrade requirements. It operates on a wide voltage range of 2.97-5.5V and supports a temperature range of -40℃ to +125℃, complying with AEC-Q100 Grade 1 standards, ensuring stability and durability. Additionally, it offers a rich set of interfaces, covering high-speed automotive buses and various communication interfaces to meet system networking and functional expansion needs. With excellent safety performance, it complies with ISO26262 ASIL B standards, ensuring functional safety; it also meets international Evita-full information security requirements. It supports the AUTOSAR architecture and is compatible with mainstream compilers and debuggers, with comprehensive documentation support. The GD32A7x series automotive-grade MCU offers 5 package types and 24 models, meeting diverse design needs and providing strong power and reliable assurance for automotive electronics.
TASKING continuously updates and upgrades the Arm compiler platform TASKING VX-toolset for Arm, which has received functional safety certification from TÜV Nord. This product not only provides customers with a one-stop platform for embedded software development tools but also supports the development of automotive-grade applications that comply with functional safety standards. With the booming development of Chinese MCU semiconductor chips, TASKING is also gradually increasing its support for domestic chip companies.
Advantages of VX-toolset for Arm
Outstanding Performance
The TASKING VX-toolset for Arm inherits TASKING’s advanced Viper technology, capable of generating efficient and streamlined executable code, integrating tools such as compilers, assemblers, and linkers to enhance development efficiency. Additionally, the built-in C/C++ libraries and floating-point libraries help save significant development time.
Reliable Assurance
It provides an industry-standard Eclipse IDE development environment, ensuring stable usage for users and improving development efficiency; it supports the latest Cortex architecture microcontrollers, such as the Cortex®-Mx and Cortex®-R52 series, and is compatible with third-party toolchains, such as debuggers, AUTOSAR operating systems, and MCAL drivers, meeting embedded development needs.
Safety Compliance
It strictly adheres to industry safety standards such as ISO 26262, ISO 25119, EN 50657, ISO 21434, and IEC 61508, possessing TÜV Nord certification (ASIL D level), and integrates MISRA C and CERT C rule-checking functions, helping users easily pass industry standard tests.
Wide Applications
It is applicable in various fields such as automotive, industrial, and telecommunications, providing strong support for the successful implementation of customer projects, making it the preferred tool for embedded developers.
Christoph Herzog, Chief Technology Officer of TASKING, stated: “GigaDevice and TASKING have established a solid cooperative foundation, actively engaging in communication and collaborative discussions, achieving high-standard support for the GD32A7x series chips, allowing automotive customers to confidently develop automotive-grade applications that comply with functional safety standards. We believe that GigaDevice’s automotive-grade MCU products will flourish in the automotive market.”
He Fang, Head of Automotive Products at GigaDevice, stated: “As one of the world’s leading suppliers of automotive embedded software development tools, TASKING is committed to providing high-performance, high-quality development tools with a core focus on safety. This deep cooperation not only further improves the development ecosystem of GigaDevice’s automotive-grade MCUs but also provides automotive electronics developers with more efficient and reliable tool support. In the future, GigaDevice will continue to increase technological innovation and ecological layout, bringing higher quality and more competitive automotive-grade MCU products to global customers, contributing to the booming development of the smart automotive industry.”
About TASKING
TASKING is a global leader in embedded software development tools, with its development tools used by automotive manufacturers and component suppliers for high-performance applications in safety-critical areas. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in Munich, Germany, the company has sales, technical support, and operational teams in various countries including Europe, the USA, China, India, Japan, and South Korea. In 2021, European FSN Holdings completed the acquisition of TASKING and established a wholly-owned subsidiary in China. In September 2022, TASKING acquired the professional debugging company iSYSTEM. In February 2025, TASKING announced the full acquisition of LDRA, officially upgrading to a one-stop supplier of automotive embedded software development, debugging, analysis tools, and services.
About GigaDevice
GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc. (stock code 603986) is a leading global fabless chip supplier, established in April 2005 and headquartered in Beijing, China. The company has branches in multiple countries and regions worldwide, with a marketing network that provides high-quality localized support services. GigaDevice is committed to building a complete ecosystem driven by memory, microcontrollers, sensors, and analog products, providing comprehensive product technology and services for customers in industrial, automotive, computing, consumer electronics, IoT, mobile applications, and telecommunications. It has passed the ISO26262:2018 automotive functional safety certification at the highest level ASIL D, as well as ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001 certifications and Dun & Bradstreet certification, and has established strategic partnerships with several world-renowned wafer foundries and packaging testing factories to jointly promote technological innovation in the semiconductor field.
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