Shanghai, China, July 22, 2025 – IAR, a global leader in embedded development tools, and AutoChips, a leading enterprise in automotive-grade chips, jointly announced IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm has fully supported Jiefa Technology’s AutoChips automotive-grade MCU AC7870, providing it with one-stop services covering development, debugging, optimization, etc., and empowering AC7870 with powerful toolchain technology. Accelerate its full-stack and all-domain intelligent implementation in the automotive electronics field and promote the rapid development of automotive intelligent technology.
Jiefa Technology’s AC7870 is an automotive-grade MCU featuring multi-core high computing power, high security, and high real-time performance. With its outstanding performance, it has demonstrated strong application potential in the automotive electronics field.
High performance: It is equipped with 6 Cortex-R52 cores, with a default quad-core (dual-lockstep core), and also supports triple-core (triple-lockstep core) for users to configure. With a main frequency as high as 360MHz and support for Hypervisor, it can meet the performance, safety and real-time requirements of complex automotive applications. It is equipped with a built-in GTM coprocessor, capable of handling high real-time IO input and output events.
• High functional safety: Equipped with rich functional safety mechanisms, it has a high diagnostic coverage rate. The product’s functional safety level can reach ISO 26262 ASIL-D, and a safety package can be provided to assist customers in efficiently developing functional safety products.
• High information security: Built-in independent information security island, supports rich hardware acceleration engines, complies with ISO21434, functions meet EVITA Full standard, supports national cryptographic SM2/3/4 algorithms at the same time, information security firmware can be provided for reference.
• Rich resources: Up to 12MB or more of Flash storage, supports silent upgrade without any connection, supports 2 Ethernet channels, multiple CAN and LIN channels, and has abundant peripheral resources with up to 320 pins, which can meet the storage and peripheral interface requirements of various automotive applications.
• Rich software ecosystem: Compatible with mainstream AUTOSAR solutions, it can provide MCAL and configuration tools that meet ASIL-D standards.
• Wide range of application scenarios: covering diversified scene demands including new energy three-electric systems, intelligent assisted driving, intelligent cockpits, intelligent chassis domain controllers, and regional controllers.
Advantages of IAR products
As a benchmark enterprise in the global Embedded development field, IAR has always adhered to the core of “empowering developers to efficiently build secure and reliable embedded systems”, and its flagship development toolchain, IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm, has become the preferred tool for automotive electronics developers. In response to the high-performance Cortex-R52 core and high security requirements of AC7870, IAR offers comprehensive support to help developers quickly implement the development and verification of complex control logic and shorten the product launch cycle.
• Leading compiler: Deeply compiled and optimized for Arm Cortex-R52 core.
• Powerful debugger: Paired with the hardware emulator I-jet, it supports SMP and AMP multi-core debugging.
• Code quality: Integrate the static code analysis tool C-STAT and the dynamic code analysis tool C-RUN to enhance code quality.
•CI/CD: The IAR build tool supports automated CI/CD workflows, enhancing R&D efficiency.
• Functional Safety: Provide a functional safety version certified by TUV SUD, meeting the ISO 26262 ASIL-D grade.
Ecological synergy and innovative development
Xiong Xianfeng, the deputy general manager of Jiefa Technology, said, “IAR has profound technical accumulation and rich industry experience in the field of embedded development. We are very glad to carry out in-depth cooperation with IAR.” The full support of IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm will bring significant convenience and performance improvement to the development and application of Jiefa Technology AC7870. Both sides will join hands and move forward together, fully leveraging their respective strengths to jointly promote the innovation and development of automotive electronic technology, and provide customers with higher-quality and more reliable automotive electronic products and solutions.”
Kiyo Uemura, Vice President of IAR Asia Pacific, said: “The automotive-grade MCU AC7870 launched by Jiefa Technology has demonstrated broad application potential in the automotive electronics field with its multi-core high computing power, high security and high real-time performance.” IAR has always been committed to providing advanced development tools and technical support for embedded developers. We attach great importance to our cooperation with Jiefa Technology. Relying on the powerful functions of IAR Embedded Workbench for Arm, we are confident in helping Jiefa Technology AC7870 achieve greater value, accelerate its promotion and implementation in the automotive electronics market, and jointly open a new chapter in the development of intelligent vehicles.
The deepened cooperation between Jiefa Technology and IAR this time fully demonstrates complementary advantages and win-win synergy. The perfect combination of Jiefa Technology’s AC7870 and IAR embedded development toolchain will bring more efficient, reliable and secure development solutions to the automotive electronics industry, and effectively promote the process of automotive intelligence and networking. In the future, both sides will continue to deepen cooperation, constantly explore and innovate, jointly address industry challenges, seize development opportunities, inject new vitality into the automotive electronics industry, and create greater value.
