Partnership - Broadcom
Powering the software-defined vehicle with Automotive Ethernet solutions
ETAS partners with industry-leading Ethernet switch provider Broadcom to address the complexities of the software-defined vehicle (SDV). Our collaboration delivers a pre-integrated, secure, and high-performance full Ethernet switch software stack, combining cutting-edge hardware with robust software expertise.
Your challenges
Managing hardware fragmentation
Achieving a seamlessly cohesive system demands the successful integration of diverse silicon vendor switch architectures.
Enabling seamless integration
Ensuring predictable system-wide behavior hinges on mastering the complexity of debugging software components from multiple suppliers on a single switch.
Ensuring security resilience
The imperative for connected vehicles is to establish a truly robust security posture across the entire complex, multi-vendor Ethernet network.
Enhancing network flexibility
A forward-looking switch management system must evolve to fluently adapt to the dynamic policy changes and real-time needs of the software-defined vehicle.
ETAS Ethernet switch software stack – Our joint solution
ETAS, in close collaboration with Broadcom addresses these challenges head-on with our full Ethernet switch software stack. This pre-integrated solution streamlines development and enhances performance.
- Unified control: A standardized software stack abstracts complexities of diverse switch implementations, ensuring consistent experience across vendors.
- Seamless & secure Integration: Our stack manages interdependencies, minimizes interference, simplifies root cause identification, and integrates robust security (Ethernet firewall, IDS, IdSM, MACsec MKA).
- Software-Defined Networking (SDN): Common configuration language and tools enable dynamic policy updates and full control over Ethernet communication during runtime, supported by modules like TSN (gPTP, AVB).
- Optimized performance: We leverage hardware acceleration from Broadcom for high-speed packet computation, ensuring high bandwidth without latency from security features.
- Configuration & diagnostics: An intuitive configuration tooling allows for easy setup, while a Nano Diagnostic stack with TCP/IP support provides essential insights.
Your benefits
Minimized risks & costs
Reduce development effort, eliminate vendor lock-in, and achieve faster time-to-market with a pre-integrated solution.
Integrated security
Turn your switch into a secure gateway, ensuring regulatory compliance with integrated firewall, IDS, and deep packet inspection.
Software-defined flexibility
Gain full control over switch functionalities, dynamic policy updates, and portable software with common interfaces.
Optimized performance
Benefit from efficient hardware acceleration, high-speed packet computation, and faster startup times.
Features and functionalities
Our comprehensive software stack abstracts the unique complexities of different Broadcom switch implementations, providing a consistent, standardized interface for development and integration.
The ETAS Ethernet switch software stack incorporates robust security features like Ethernet firewall, IDS, IdSM, and MACsec MKA directly into the switch's software stack, transforming it into a secure gateway for advanced protection against cyber threats and compliance (visible as distinct modules in the architecture diagram).
Our software stack enables dynamic policy updates and real-time control over Ethernet communication through a common configuration language and powerful management tools. This includes support for Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN, gPTP, AVB) crucial for SDV applications (as shown by the TSN module).
The ETAS Ethernet switch software stack leverages the full capabilities of Broadcom silicon by utilizing their built-in acceleration for high-speed packet computation, ensuring optimal bandwidth and low latency even with security features active (implied by the direct interaction of drivers and hardware configurations with the Switch Core).
About Broadcom
Since 1991, Broadcom has pioneered automotive Ethernet solutions, delivering a comprehensive portfolio of switches and PHYs. Their hardware integrates with leading-edge embedded software, providing a pre-integrated solution to accelerate the development of high-performance, scalable, and secure in-vehicle networks.
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Secure your innovation with ETAS and our Ethernet switch partners.
- Achieve robust, pre-integrated Automotive Ethernet solutions.
- Ensure security and compliance for your next-generation E/E architectures.
- Benefit from flexible, high-performance Software-Defined Vehicles.