The Freescale/STMicroelectronics joint development program (JDP) is a collaboration between two automotive technology suppliers that complements each company's independent roadmaps. Headquartered in Munich, Germany, and jointly managed by Freescale and ST, the JDP is accelerating the penetration of Power Architecture® products in the automotive market and strengthening Power Architecture's position as the dominant automotive 32-bit architecture.
The agreement between the companies covers:
- High-performance, cost-effective 32-bit microcontrollers based on Power Architecture cores
- Basic intellectual property for automotive and navigation applications
- Alignment of 90nm embedded flash process technology
- High-voltage power MOSFET (metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors) and IGBT (insulated-gate bipolar transistor) technologies
New products are being jointly developed in the JDP design centers but are independently manufactured (using aligned process technologies), branded, priced, marketed and serviced by both Freescale and ST.
How you'll benefit
The JDP offers a compelling technology and product supplier environment to you. Benefits include:
- Standardizing on 32-bit Power Architecture products for automotive applications with a single software development investment, maximum software reuse and common hardware environment
- Enlarged Power Architecture-based product portfolio
- Accelerated availability of innovative Power Architecture-based products by joined development focus
- Secured and faster product and technology design and innovation
- Real dual-source environment for critical, leading-edge components that includes a healthy, secure and competitive supply chain with a focus on cost competitiveness
- Synergic joint development and industrialization of leading-edge EmbFlash technology
- Synergic support and technical training from two leading automotive semiconductor companies
Target Market Segments
Power Architecture products from the JDP are designed to integrate cost- and performance-optimized flash modules for specific automotive applications, including:
- Gasoline engine control (high three cylinder to low 6 cylinder applications)
- Common rail diesel engine control
- Transmission control (robotized, automatic electronic and continuously variable)
- Powertrain electric motor control (starter/alternator systems)
- Steering (EHPS, EPS, active steering)
- Braking (electric park brake, wheel ECU actuator)
- Suspension (damping, anti-roll)
- Airbag
- Peripheral body (door, seat, sunroof)
- Smart junction box (low-end body control, front/rear body module)
- Body control modules (centralized body electronic module, limited gateway functionality)
- Low-line instrument cluster with gauge drivers and standard LCD
- Mid-line instrument cluster with gauge drivers and enhanced LCD
- Hi-line instrument cluster with gauge drivers, LDC and TFT drivers
