The international standard for functional safety of electrical and electronic systems in series production road vehicles. It sets a safety lifecycle from concept through development, production and operation to decommissioning, scales its demands with an automotive safety integrity level, and is asked for in practically every vehicle maker and tier one contract for safety related electronics, chips, IP and software.
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