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- Joint Release: On April 19, 2025, IAR, a global leader in embedded development tools, and Jihai Semiconductor, a well-known MCU supplier in China, jointly announced that the latest version of IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm fully supports the Jihai G32R501 series real-time control MCU.
- Advantages of Cortex-M52 Processor: The Cortex-M52 is a next-generation processor independently developed by Arm China based on the Arm v8.1-M architecture, optimized and upgraded for the Chinese market. Compared to Cortex-M4F and Cortex-M33, its DSP performance is improved by 2.7 times, and ML performance is enhanced by 5.6 times, facilitating higher-level machine learning and digital signal processing capabilities, with easy migration.
- Features of Jihai G32R501 Real-Time Control MCU
- Process and Core: Utilizing advanced 40nm eFlash technology, it features a dual-core architecture of Cortex-M52 with a main frequency of 250MHz, built-in single/double precision floating-point units, supports Arm Helium™ technology, and extends the Zidian mathematical instruction extension unit through a custom data path CDE interface, enhancing system real-time performance and intelligence.
- Rich Peripherals: Integrates high-performance sensing and control peripherals such as 150ps resolution high-precision PWM, flexible programmable logic units, and 12-bit ADC with a sampling rate of 3.45MSPS, along with a flexible peripheral interconnection system, meeting the demands of complex real-time control applications and enhancing system performance and application adaptability.
- Safe and Reliable: Supports multiple safety enhancement features such as code security protection and clock loss detection circuits, compliant with IEC 61508 SIL2 functional safety certification and AEC-Q100 Grade1 automotive reliability certification standards, with an operating temperature range of -40℃ to 125℃, meeting the high-performance, high-integration, high-safety, and high-reliability requirements of the mid-to-high-end application market.
- Storage and Packaging: Built-in 640KB Flash and 128KB SRAM, offering various packaging forms such as QFN56, LQFP64/80/100.
Advantages of IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm
- Compilation Optimization: Utilizes industry-leading technology to enhance CPU operating performance, supports Helium vector extensions and custom data path extensions for Cortex-M52, in conjunction with Jihai’s Zidian mathematical instruction extension unit, improving DSP and AI/ML task processing capabilities, enhancing overall system real-time performance and intelligence.
- Debugging Features: Supports a rich variety of breakpoint types, multi-core debugging supports SMP and AMP, helping users debug efficiently and improve development efficiency.
- Code Analysis: Includes static code analysis tool C-STAT and dynamic code analysis tool C-RUN, which can help developers identify potential code issues in advance, improving code quality.
- Build Tools: Supports automated build processes, capable of deploying automated CI/CD development flows on Windows/Linux servers, enhancing R&D efficiency.
- Functional Safety: Provides certified functional safety versions to assist users in accelerating the development and certification of functional safety projects.
Outlook for Cooperation: Todd Liu, Deputy General Manager of Jihai, stated that IAR’s development tools complete the ecological development support for the G32R501 series MCUs, meeting customer needs. Jihai will continue to enrich its product portfolio and reference solutions, collaborating with IAR to expand innovative application fields. Kiyo Uemura, Vice President of IAR Asia Pacific, expressed happiness in supporting the Jihai G32R501 and will continue to strengthen cooperation with Chinese semiconductor companies to promote local ecosystem development and accelerate the innovation and development of embedded technology in China.