Microchip's PolarFire SoC FPGAs Earns AEC-Q100 Standard

2025-03-28 automotive

Global, Saturday, 29 March 2025.
Microchip’s PolarFire SoC FPGAs achieve AEC-Q100 qualification for stringent automotive environments, enhancing reliability and performance across varying conditions from -40°C to 125°C.

Technical Specifications and Capabilities

Microchip’s latest innovation features an embedded 64-bit, quad-core RISC-V architecture capable of running both Linux and real-time operating systems (RTOS), while supporting up to 500K logic elements [1][2]. The system’s comprehensive temperature qualification for automotive Grade 1, spanning from -40°C to 125°C, demonstrates its robust performance capabilities in extreme conditions [3]. The PolarFire SoC FPGAs incorporate advanced security features to protect physical, device, design, and data integrity, with particular emphasis on single event upset (SEU) immunity [4].

Development Tools and Certification Standards

The platform is supported by Microchip’s Libero® SoC Design Suite, which has earned TÜV Rheinland certification for functional safety and complies with ISO 26262 ASIL D standards for automotive applications [2]. These certifications are crucial for automotive electronics manufacturers, as they ensure the highest level of reliability and safety standards. The development ecosystem includes SmartHLS™ and VectorBlox™ tools, facilitating rapid RISC-V application development [1].

Market Impact and Industry Perspective

Bruce Weyer, Corporate Vice President of Microchip’s FPGA business unit, emphasizes the significance of this achievement: ‘Achieving the AEC-Q100 qualification for our PolarFire SoC FPGAs validates that our technology can perform under the most challenging conditions and underscores our commitment to delivering robust solutions to meet the stringent demands of the automotive industry’ [5]. This development arrives at a crucial time, as the electronic products and components market is projected to reach a value-added output of $1.5 trillion by 2025 [6].

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