MUNICH, Germany, Mar 10, 2025 – Infineon Technologies AG will launch a new automotive microcontroller family based on RISC-V within the coming years. The new family will become part of Infineon’s automotive microcontroller brand AURIX. It will extend the company’s existing automotive microcontroller portfolio, based on TriCore (AURIX TC family) and Arm (TRAVEO family, PSOC family). The new AURIX family will support a broad spectrum of automotive applications, from entry-level to high-performance MCUs, surpassing current market offerings. At Embedded World 2025, Infineon will introduce a virtual prototype enabled by key ecosystem partners. This is a starter kit for Infineon’s partners to begin pre-silicon software development.
“Infineon is committed to making RISC-V the open standard for the automotive industry,” said Peter Schiefer, president of Infineon’s automotive division. “In the era of software-defined vehicles, real-time performance, safe and secured computing as well as flexibility, scalability and software portability become even more important than today. Microcontrollers based on RISC-V help to meet these complex requirements, reducing vehicle complexity and time to market at the same time.”
Through the joint venture Quintauris, the company has been working with other semiconductor industry partners to accelerate the industrialization of RISC-V-based products. Infineon has become the first semiconductor supplier to announce an automotive RISC-V microcontroller family.
In order to facilitate adoption of the future product family, Infineon is working with its software and tool partners to establish a comprehensive ecosystem. The virtual prototype starter kit presented at Embedded World 2025 is based on the tool suite of Infineon’s strategic partner Synopsys. This will support the ecosystem and speed up its growth. It enables Infineon’s partners to begin creating their software and tools for Infineon’s RISC-V architecture, even before the microcontroller hardware is ready.
Several partners, including IAR, Elektrobit, Green Hills, HighTec, Lauterbach, PLS, Synopsys, and Tasking, have begun using the software development kit and plan to present their initial solutions at Embedded World 2025. Additional partners are expected to join throughout 2025. As their solutions develop, the virtual prototype will gradually be refined into a comprehensive digital model of Infineon’s upcoming microcontroller family, supporting earlier development and improving time-to-market efficiency.
Source: Infineon
About Infineon
Infineon Technologies AG, established in 1999 as a spin-off from Siemens AG, is a German semiconductor manufacturer headquartered in Neubiberg, near Munich. The company specializes in designing, developing, and manufacturing a wide range of semiconductor products, including power semiconductors, microcontrollers, sensors, and application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). These products serve various industries, such as automotive, industrial power control, power and sensor systems, and connected secure systems. Infineon’s solutions are integral to applications like automotive electronics, renewable energy systems, industrial drives, consumer electronics, and security systems. As of the fiscal year ending September 2023, Infineon reported revenues exceeding €16 billion and employed approximately 58,600 people worldwide. The company operates 69 research and development locations and 17 manufacturing sites globally, underscoring its commitment to innovation and technological advancement.
About Quintauris
Founded in 2023, Quintauris is a Munich-based company specializing in the development of application-specific semiconductors, focusing on RISC-V-based products. The company offers application processors, microcontrollers, real-time processors, and professional services, primarily serving the automotive, mobile, and IoT sectors. Backed by industry leaders such as Bosch, Infineon Technologies, Nordic Semiconductor, NXP Semiconductors, STMicroelectronics, and Qualcomm Technologies, Quintauris aims to accelerate the global adoption of RISC-V architecture by providing compatible products and reference architectures.