Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Freescale Semiconductor
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 19 March 2001
Motorola and Elmos
to develop automotive ICs
Motorola and Elmos Semiconductor have announced a long-term partnership to jointly drive innovative architectures for the automotive market
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This strategically important partnership is intended to allow customers to leverage long-term, assured supply and timely availability of world-class products and development tools on compatible semiconductor processes for automotive applications. The two companies are joining forces to provide automotive customers more advanced microcontroller choices with an emphasis on broader peripheral sets, price competitive solutions and fast time to market.
The alliance is expected to offer car manufacturers comprehensive solutions for 8 and 16bit microcontrollers and DSPs, supporting a wide variety of applications.
The partnership is intended to combine Motorola's leading-edge microcontroller cores and powerful subsystems, with Elmos' expertise in fast, flexible designs of standard and high voltage peripherals.
It is anticipated that multiple sources for these powerful standard microcontrollers will be enabled through Motorola's stable, high-volume production capabilities and Elmos' flexible production capabilities, providing customers with the partners of choice in the automotive market.
As emerging applications drive demand for products with enhanced feature sets, Motorola and Elmos expect to serve the automotive market with the creation of world-class products, based on Motorola's 8, 16bit and DSP product lines.
Addressing the sub-32K memory space, Motorola's 8bit HC08 family' suggested pricing is expected to allow optimum product choice for emerging and low functionality applications, such as remote keyless entry.
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Combining embedded Flash and EEPROM with onboard networking capabilities, the 16bit HC12 product line is expected to continue to be the platform of choice for the mid-range networked applications, which include doors, seats, window lifts, HVAC, sun roofs and lighting, etc.
In addition Motorola is redefining architecture by combining microcontroller and DSP functionality, enabling the Motorola-Elmos alliance to more quickly deliver programmable automotive solutions for electronic power steering (EPS), adaptive cruise control and new drive by wire applications.
"Elmos and Motorola are committed to providing the industry fast design cycle times and long term supply capabilities", states Dr Peter Thoma, Vice President and General Manager Automotive, Elmos.
"The automotive microelectronics industry can expect to benefit from one overall systems knowledge base, operating system, tool set and supply chain.
Jointly we expect to be able to offer fast, flexible design-ins and full life-time service of the product".
"Motorola is building effective alliances to anticipate the evolving needs of the automotive industry and to bring future technologies to market faster.
The Motorola and Elmos partnership verifies Motorola's position as the partner of choice, allowing us to serve the industry even more effectively", states Juergen Weyer, Vice President and General Manager, Motorola.
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