#SECURITY: "Freescale grapples with automotive safety mandates"

Automobile makers worldwide are currently scrambling to meet the complicated safety and security standards set by the International Standards Organization (ISO) 26262 and International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61508. Freescale's SafeAssure program should help automobile makers to navigate the labyrinth leading to ISO and IEC certification: R. Colin Johnson


Here is what EETimes says about automotive safety standards: Automobile makers worldwide are grappling with meeting the safety standards set by the International Standards Organization (ISO 26262), which sets a high bar for automotive system failures that could cause injuries. Freescale Semiconductor aims to help auto makers meet the emerging safety mandate with a new system basic chip (SBC) which works hand-in-hand with its Power Architecture Qorivva MPC574x microcontrollers which provide a lock-step "checker" core to meet ISO 26262.
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