Renesas Electronics has unveiled the third generation of R-Car, an automotive SoC targeted at safety and in vehicle infotainment systems. The device, which features ARM Cortex-A57 and A53 cores, boasts a processing performance of 40,000 DMIPS. It also integrates Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR GX6650 GPU and the IMP-X5 parallel programmable engine for advanced image recognition technology.
According to Renesas, R-Car H3 provides cognitive computing capabilities, the ability to process large volumes of information from vehicle sensors accurately in real-time, and support for applications that require complex processing, such as obstacle detection, driver status recognition, hazard prediction and hazard avoidance. The SoC also conforms to ISO 26262.
“The R-Car H3 SoC has the all round sensing, efficiency and safety characteristics that are essential in connected car technologies,” said James McNiven, general manager of ARM’s CPU group. “Alongside the inclusion of the ARM Cortex-R7 real time processor, the SoC also capitalises on the Cortex-A57 and Cortex-A53 cores in an ARM big.LITTLE configuration. This has allowed Renesas to deliver advanced vision and detection capabilities while controlling power and achieving the stability that safety critical electronics demand.”
Manufactured on a 16nm process, the device is sampling, but mass production is not planned until Q1 2018, with 100,000 units a month being manufactured in 2019.
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Graham Pitcher
Source: www.newelectronics.co.uk