Keeping the software working and secure for as long as the chip is supported: maintenance releases with fixes and new silicon steppings, security updates delivered through the secure update path, vulnerability triage and advisories, operating system and toolchain upgrades, and long-term support branches.
This stage with its neighbours. Each row is a discipline active here, shaded by how mature its work is by the end of each stage.
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