STMicroelectronics and HighTec
EDV-Systeme collaborate for safer software-defined
vehicles
Where safety meets safety: ST’s Stellar MCUs
certified to the highest level of risk management, ISO 26262 ASIL
D, are now supported with the same safety level by HighTec’s Rust
compiler
Geneva, Switzerland and Saarbrücken, Germany, February
4, 2025 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global
semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of
electronics applications, and HighTec EDV-Systeme GmbH are
advancing automotive functional safety with a complete solution
that will accelerate the development of safety-critical systems to
make software-defined vehicles safer and more affordable.
The solution supports the Rust programming language and combines
HighTec's Rust compiler, qualified to ISO 26262 ASIL D, with ST's
Stellar, the first 28nm microcontrollers certified to the same
safety standard. Rust is gaining significant momentum in the
automotive industry for its strong safety and reliability
features.
“Software-defined principles are transforming vehicle design,
and ownership experiences, replacing traditional hardwired
electronic control units (ECUs) with programmable systems,”
explained Davide Santo, Automotive Microcontroller Business Unit
Director, STMicroelectronics. “This is the future for vehicles with
any type of powertrain, letting automakers easily differentiate
their product ranges and dynamically update vehicle features. The
collaboration with our longstanding partner HighTec, ensures that
automotive manufacturers can leverage the power of Rust while
meeting the highest safety standards in the industry.”
“Here at HighTec, our engineers created the industry’s first
software compiler to support Rust, the modern safety-ready
programming language, and achieve qualification to the highest
level of the automotive functional-safety standard, ISO 26262 ASIL
D,” said Mario Cupelli, CTO at HighTec EDV-Systeme. “On the other
hand, ST’s Stellar automotive microcontrollers are the first 28nm
components certified according to ISO 26262 ASIL D. This makes them
a natural fit with our compiler, enabling customers to have a
complete solution where safety is assured seamlessly across
compiler, hardware, and software.”
As automakers face intense pressure to shorten development
cycles and meet evolving safety standards, this collaboration
provides a robust and powerful safety compliant solution for
automotive software development. The integration of the ASIL D
qualified Rust compiler into the Stellar MCU family accelerates the
development of safety-critical systems, reducing time-to-market
while maintaining strict compliance with automotive safety
requirements.
Rust's safety, performance, and reliability have made it an
emerging choice for automotive mission-critical systems, poised to
shape the future of the automotive industry. With HighTec’s Rust
compiler support for Stellar products, ST is offering to its
automotive customers an integrated, richly featured, and efficient
toolchain that accelerates development cycles while ensuring
compliance with ISO 26262.
ST and HighTec are sharing a vision of creating innovative
solutions that meet the highest safety standards in the automotive
industry. The close cooperation ensures that developers can now
integrate Rust along with their valuable C/C++ code base into their
safety-critical projects with Stellar and accelerate the
development of safety-critical systems, reducing time-to-market
while maintaining strict compliance with automotive safety and
security requirements.
Further technical information:Rust contains
provisions to protect the safety of memory, process threads, and
data types. This ensures superior resilience appropriate for
critical automotive systems, while Rust’s runtime efficiency is
comparable to C/C++ in execution time and memory usage. These
characteristics significantly lower costs in software development
and maintenance, shorten development cycles, and increase safety
and security.
HighTec’s C/C++ and Rust automotive grade compiler allows Rust's
safety benefits to be integrated alongside legacy C/C++ code to
build safe and secure automotive applications for the
next-generation of software-defined vehicles.
ST’s Stellar automotive MCUs are built on Arm® Cortex®-R52+
cores and a robust safety-focused hardware architecture. They are
the first 28nm MCUs to achieve an ISO 26262 ASIL D certification,
attained through an accredited assessor early in 2024.
Additionally, they adhere to ISO 21434 cybersecurity standards and
comply with UN155 requirements, which ensure meeting the latest
safety and security standards. The Stellar MCUs offer exceptional
performance, scalability, and integration for next-generation
automotive vehicles, electrification, and safety-critical
systems.
The HighTec Rust compiler complements the already established
HighTec C/C++ compiler suite. Both are qualified according to the
highest safety level ISO 26262 ASIL D and enable automotive
software developers to take full advantage of the high reliability
and performance features of ST’s Stellar MCUs. The overall
toolchain is built on the modern LLVM open-source technology and
allows a hybrid development of Rust code along with C/C++, enabling
the transition to modern software architectures. ST’s Stellar MCUs
now benefit from HighTec’s Rust compiler, allowing a seamless
development of safety-critical applications.
For more information about HighTec's ISO 26262 ASIL D qualified
Rust and C/C++ compiler for ST’s Stellar automotive MCUs, please
visit www.hightec-rt.com/rust
About STMicroelectronicsAt ST, we are over
50,000 creators and makers of semiconductor technologies mastering
the semiconductor supply chain with state-of-the-art manufacturing
facilities. An integrated device manufacturer, we work with more
than 200,000 customers and thousands of partners to design and
build products, solutions, and ecosystems that address their
challenges and opportunities, and the need to support a more
sustainable world. Our technologies enable smarter mobility, more
efficient power and energy management, and the wide-scale
deployment of cloud-connected autonomous things. We are committed
to achieving our goal to become carbon neutral on scope 1 and 2 and
partially scope 3 by 2027. Further information can be found at
www.st.com.
INVESTOR RELATIONSJérôme RamelEVP Corporate
Development & Integrated External CommunicationTel:
+41.22.929.59.20jerome.ramel@st.com
MEDIA RELATIONSAlexis BretonCorporate External
CommunicationsTel: +33.6.59.16.79.08alexis.breton@st.com
About HighTec EDV Systeme GmbHHighTec
EDV-Systeme GmbH, Saarbruecken/Germany, is the world’s largest
commercial provider of compilers using innovative open-source
technologies and offers ISO 26262 ASIL D certified tools for
embedded software development, the real-time operating system
PXROS-HR, and a wide range of design-in services. HighTec’s ASIL D
qualified C/C++ compiler for leading multicore microcontrollers in
the automotive and industrial sectors such as Arm®,
TriCore™/AURIX™/TRAVEO™ families, RISC-V, Power Architecture
(PowerPC) and GTM architectures are continuously adapted and
optimized to new architectures in close cooperation with the
silicon partners.In addition to the multi-architecture compiler,
HighTec offers PXROS-HR, a safety-certified multicore RTOS for
applications with safety and multicore requirements. PXROS-HR
guarantees robustness, safety, high performance, and data security
in real-time environments. PXROS-HR is certified according to ISO
26262 ASIL D / IEC 61508 SIL 3 and is complemented for ASIL D
development by a Tool Qualification Kit as a basis for the
certification of customer applications.Complementing this
portfolio, HighTec offers development, training and consulting
services.Founded in 1982, HighTec is a privately held global
company with offices in Germany, the Czech Republic, the
Netherlands, Hungary and China. For more information about HighTec
EDV-Systeme GmbH, visit www.hightec-rt.com.
Company ContactHighTec EDV-Systeme
GmbHEuropaallee 1966113 Saarbrücken/GermanyTel.: +49 681
92613-16Email: info@hightec-rt.com
Press Contact Agency:Catherine
SchneiderMexperts AGTel.: +49 8143 59744-27Email:
catherine.schneider@mexperts.de
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