AUSTIN, USA: Freescale Semiconductor has formed a working group with top North American and European commercial avionics manufacturers to define their information requirements for advanced Freescale multicore processors being used in commercial avionics applications.
The Multicore for Avionics (MCFA) working group was established to help commercial avionics companies fully leverage the performance, power and size advantages of Freescale’s sophisticated commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) embedded multicore processors, such as the eight-core QorIQ P4080 device.
The MCFA working group includes representatives from BAE Systems, BARCO, Boeing, EADS, ELBIT, GE Aviation, Hamilton Sunstrand, Honeywell, Rockwell Collins, Thales and Freescale Semiconductor.
“Highly advanced multicore processors based on Power Architecture technology are ideally suited to meet the demanding requirements of commercial avionics applications,” said Glenn Beck, avionics marketing manager for Freescale’s Networking Processor Division. “As a long-time provider of reliable, high-performance processors to the commercial avionics market, Freescale is pleased to play a leading role in helping top avionics companies realize the benefits of the latest advanced semiconductor designs.”
This week the DO-254 Users Group heard an MCFA proposal for addressing the unique advantages and challenges sophisticated multicore technology presents for avionics certification processes. The proposal is the result of an assessment by the MCFA working group and includes recommendations for a common, consistent certification methodology.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
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