US EditionArm's Zena CSS Shaves a Year Off Auto Chip Development
- Arm, a U.K.-based chip designer, launched the Zena Compute Subsystem on June 6, 2025, designed to accelerate automotive chip development globally.
- The Zena CSS launch follows rising demand for AI-defined vehicles and challenges in developing specialized chips, causing longer design and certification cycles in the auto industry.
- Zena CSS, compatible with SOAFEE standards, offers a pre-integrated platform with 16 Armv9 Cortex-A720AE cores and robust security, allowing software teams early access via cloud-based virtual environments.
- Arm claims Zena CSS reduces auto chip engineering effort by 20% and shortens vehicle development time by 12 months, with Mercedes-Benz’s Magnus Östberg highlighting its potential to simplify complexity.
- This platform aims to enable automakers and chipmakers to launch AI-powered, intelligent vehicles faster while supporting modular chiplet designs that foster scalability and safety across vehicle lines.
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Arm's Zena CSS shaves a year off auto chip development
Arm has introduced Zena Compute Subsystems (CSS), a pre-integrated, safety-certified automotive compute platform designed to cut chip development timelines by up to 12 months. Announced on June 4, 2025, the launch marks a pivotal move by the semiconductor IP leader into the software-defined vehicle (SDV) market, providing automakers with a unified architecture to fast-track AI capabilities across future car models.
Siemens announces PAVE360 support for new Arm Zena Compute Subsystems
Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that it is expanding its longstanding relationship with Arm and adding support for the newly launched Arm® Zena Compute Subsystems (CSS) in its PAVE360 software, designed for software-defined vehicles (SDV). Zena CSS, Arm’s first-generation CSS for automotive, is a pre-integrated and validated compute subsystem optimized for performance, power and area and designed to accelerate development for…
Siemens’ PAVE360 to support Arm Zena Compute Subsystems
Siemens Digital Industries Software announced that it is expanding its longstanding relationship with Arm and adding support for the newly launched Arm Zena Compute Subsystems (CSS) in its PAVE360 software, designed for software-defined vehicles (SDV). Zena CSS, Arm’s first-generation CSS for automotive, is a pre-integrated and validated compute subsystem optimized for performance, power and area and designed to accelerate development for the AI…
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