Toshiba Corporation announced the launch of the “TB9044FNG,” a multi-purpose system power IC with multiple outputs for automotive functional safety. Sample shipments began with the announcement, and mass production is scheduled to start in October 2017.

Safety-focused automotive systems such as Electric Power Steering (EPS) are increasingly required to meet the requirements of ASIL-D[2], the highest level of automotive safety integrity specified in the ISO 26262 functional safety standard.

Toshiba stated, "It includes various fault detection functions, such as high/low voltage detection and power circuit overheating detection, to monitor the IC's own failures, and a watchdog timer monitors the fault detection function of an external microcomputer. In addition, it ensures higher functional safety by implementing an initial analysis circuit that detects potential failures in the fault detection circuit."

It simulates system failures through various functional safety analyses and supports overall safety analysis and design by providing documents such as the Functional Safety FMEDA[3] to customers.