Functional safety is a critical element in the design of any system that contributes to the safety of people or the environment. It enables the ability to detect, diagnose and safely mitigate the occurrence of a fault, ensuring the safe operation of a system in the event of error or malfunction. The costs of not considering functional safety as part of your design from the start can be significant, in terms of money, time and risk through the result…

Over the past few years security has become a prominent issue for our partners and their customers. However, OEMs, silicon providers (SiPs) and developers still encounter a number of challenges - as I discussed in my previous blog outlining the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) challenges in mobile and beyond - when developing security solutions. Some of these challenges include: the increased value of the assets that our devices use daily (e…