Automotive MCUs for ‘more secure’ connected cars

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STMicroelectronics has launched a family of automotive microcontrollers that it claims will herald the advent of more secure and connected cars.
Said to be power efficient and capable of real time operation, the MCU family features the Power Architecture and is being manufactured on a 40nm flash process.

Targeted at car body and security applications, the SPC58 family has three product lines: B-Line; C-Line; and G-Line. Between them, they offer from 512kbyte to 6Mbyte of embedded flash.

“The SPC58 family enables the automotive industry to raise the bar in security and in-car communications,” said Fabio Marchio, general manager of ST’s automotive digital division. “The next generation of smarter cars will rely on electronic systems based on MCUs that provide the best combination of performance, low power consumption, high security and robustness. ST’s SPC58 MCU lines meet all these needs, making them the leading solutions for next-generation in-car controllers.”

According to ST, the SPC58 C-Line is a general purpose 32bit Power Architecture MCU family targeting body, networking and security applications. Two devices are currently listed: with single or dual e200z4d cores running at up to 180MHz.

C-Line packaging options include the eTQFP64, with eight ISO CAN FD modules, or the eTQFP100, with an Ethernet interface. Other higher pin count packages are available.