Interview with Xu Linjie from ChenZhi Semiconductor: Meeting Customer Needs to Fill the Gap in High-End Domestic Automotive Domain Control Chips

Interview with Xu Linjie from ChenZhi Semiconductor: Meeting Customer Needs to Fill the Gap in High-End Domestic Automotive Domain Control Chips

According to reports, Beijing ChenZhi Semiconductor Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “ChenZhi Semiconductor”) recently showcased its C1 chip at the 2025 Shanghai International Auto Show. ChenZhi Semiconductor focuses on the research and design of ASIL-D level automotive chips. The recently unveiled C1 chip, as a domestic central domain control chip, boasts high computing … Read more

Continuously Leading: Unisoc’s R52+ Core-Based Automotive MCU Achieves Highest Functional Safety Certification

Continuously Leading: Unisoc's R52+ Core-Based Automotive MCU Achieves Highest Functional Safety Certification

Recently, Unisoc’s next-generation THA6 series MCU has passed the evaluation by the internationally recognized certification body SGS regarding functional safety development processes and functional safety product design, obtaining two qualifications: the ASIL D level functional safety process certification compliant with ISO 26262 standards and the functional safety ASIL D Ready product certification, making it the … Read more

Green Hills Software and NXP Collaborate to Advance Safety-Critical SDV Architecture

Green Hills Software and NXP Collaborate to Advance Safety-Critical SDV Architecture

Green Hills Software has announced a collaboration with NXP® Semiconductors to provide integrated hardware and software solutions for the development and deployment of safety-focused hybrid-critical Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) regional architectures. This solution is built on NXP’s new S32K5 microcontroller (MCU) series. It integrates Green Hills’ ASIL D safety-certified µ-velOSity™ real-time operating system (RTOS), µ-visor® … Read more

Allegro’s PMIC A81407 with High-Side Pre-Driver

Allegro's PMIC A81407 with High-Side Pre-Driver

Continuing the analysis related to bus shutdown and relevant disconnections, this time we focus on Allegro’s PMIC A81407, which can be combined with A4911/18 for a versatile solution.This combination is also quite effective in applications such as wire control and redundant EPS.Key features of the chip include: ASIL D functional safety level Wide input voltage … Read more