Infineon 32-bit TriCore™ AURIX™ TC4x

These microcontrollers are designed for next generation eMobility, ADAS, automotive E/E architectures and affordable artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The new scalable microcontroller TC4x family provides an upward migration path from Infineon’s leading AURIX™ TC3x family of ASIL-compliant automotive MCUs. Performance is boosted by the next-generation TriCore™ 1.8 and the scalable AURIX™ accelerator suite, including the new PPU (Parallel Processing Unit) and multiple smart accelerators. Support for high-speed communication interfaces like 5G-bit Ethernet and PCIe along with new interfaces such as CAN-XL and 10BASE T1S Ethernet gives customers the performance, throughput and flexibility needed to implement new automotive-specific microcontrollers with E/E architectures. The scalable family concept enables a common software architecture supporting significant platform software savings and the feature-rich concept gives plenty of headroom to grow for both Tier 1’s and OEMs.

Key features

• TriCore™ and AURIX™ accelerator suite:
  • Up to 6 TriCore™ v1.8 in lockstep running up to 500 MHz
• Memory upgrade:
  • Up to 25 MB on-chip Flash
• Zero downtime SOTA support with optimized A/B swap partitioning and external memory interfaces
• Advanced timers and ADCs for real-time control:
  • GTM for compatibility with AURIX™ TC3xx
• ADC Converters TM / FC / DS
• CDSP / DSEX accelerator
•  Scalable high-speed communication interfaces:
  • 5 Gbps Ethernet, PCIe, 10BASE T1S Ethernet, CAN-XL
• Data Routing Engine (DRE) - communication accelerator

Applications

• ADAS and autonomous driving
• Automotive gateway
• Domain controller for ADAS and autonomous driving
• Zone control unit