Infineon announced that its stand-alone FlexRay communication controller CIC-310 (Companion IC) has passed the FlexRay conformance test. The company offers system suppliers a scalable solution to develop a FlexRay bus system in vehicles at such an early design stage. The latest FlexRay solutions consist of the communication controller CIC-310, the TC1796 and TC1766 32-bit microcontrollers (part of the TriCore family), and the recently introduced XC2200 and XC2300 microcontroller families, which provide 32-bit performance. Furthermore, the CIC-310 can be used with most automotive microcontrollers or microprocessor architectures in the market as the product offers a scalable and fast interface concept based on the Infineon MLI (Micro Link Interface) and on standard serial and parallel interfaces. Moreover, for a faster implementation of FlexRay, AUTOSAR software drivers, which have been proven by the AUTOSAR Validator project, are available for the IC. The CIC-310 is in a green (lead-free) thin-quad flat pack package with 64 pins (TQFP-64) for the -40 to +125°C operating-temperature range.