Arasan announces the industry’s first ASIL-D certification for its CAN XL IP. The certification also covers Arasan’s CAN FD IP and CAN 2.0 IP.
SAN JOSE, California., April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Arasan Chip Systems, the industry’s leading provider of IP for mobile and automotive SoCs, today announced that its CAN XL IP has achieved ASIL-D certification. The CAN XL IP has been independently certified by SGS-TÜV Saar as ASIL-D, the highest safety level of functional safety defined in ISO 26262, the international standard for functional safety in road vehicles.
The CAN XL IP is backwards compatible with the CAN FD and CAN 2.0 standards. The ASIL-D certification also covers Arasan’s CAN FD IP and CAN 2.0 IP, which will continue to be sold as ASIL-D certified independent products.
Arasan is offering a free upgrade of its CAN XL IP until June 30, 2026 for customers interested in licensing CAN FD. The increase in ports from CAN FD to CAN XL is minimal and customers are encouraged to take advantage of this promotion to adopt the latest version of the CAN specification, CAN XL.
“Arasan IP is widely used in mission-critical and life-threatening applications in defense, nuclear, aerospace, medical and automotive ADAS SoCs,” said Ron Mabry, VP of Sales at Arasan. “The ASIL-D certification is a testament to our fail-safe design philosophy.”
Arasan’s has an extensive portfolio of ASIL-B, ASIL-C and ASIL-D certified products, including the MIPI DSI-2 IP for display, MIPI CSI-2 IP for camera, both of which are seamlessly integrated with the MIPI D-PHY IP or the MIPI C-PHY IP, JEDEC eMMC IP for storage and UNH-certified Ethernet IP for automotive when high-speed automotive connectivity is required.
For more information please visit: https://www.arasan.com/product/can-bus-controller-ip/
Availability
ASIL-D certified CAN IP products, including the CAN XL IP, CAN FD IP and CAN 2.0 IP, are immediately available for licensing from Arasan. Please contact sales@arasan.com to license our CAN IP.
Founded in 1995, Arasan Chip Systems is a provider of IP solutions for mobile storage and connectivity interfaces. Arasan’s focus is on mobile SoCs, which have evolved to cover a wide range of applications, from PDAs of the mid-1990s to today’s cars, drones and IoT devices. Arasan continues to lead this ‘mobile’ evolution, offering standards-based IP that forms the basis for mobile SoCs. More than a billion chips have been shipped using Arasan’s IP address.
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