Last updated: September 20, 2016
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Offered as important in IoT systems design
ARM Holdings releases chip for safety-critical machine processes
ARM's first new design since it was bought out by SoftBank for $32bn, the Cortex R-52 chip is designed for automotive, robotics, healthcare, farming, aviation, construction and other industry implementations.
VP of product marketing, John Ronco says: "You would want this anywhere there is a danger of loss of life or limb due to machine-human interaction." Development of the processor has been underway for five years and has already been licensed in a deal with French-Italian semiconductor manufacturer STMicroelectronics.The Cortex R-52 new chips are thought to compete with Intel's Yogitech design.