The technology features like over-the-air (OTA) software updates and data management are reinventing the hardware of today for the software of tomorrow. And if there is a single most prominent component at this technology crossroads, it’s the microcontroller. Moreover, the growing popularity of OTA functions is most visible in automotive environments where they wirelessly and […]
Automotive
Software Development Kit helps integrate autonomous driving apps
Real-Time Innovations (RTI) unveiled Connext Drive – a complete solution that provides automotive manufacturers with the software and tools they need to build highly autonomous vehicles and fleets. Now, autonomous vehicle makers can innovate and build vehicles without the high risk and cost of in house solutions, nor the difficulty of adapting legacy connectivity. It […]
Automotive-qualified 16-nm FPGAs target ADAS, AD applications
Xilinx, Inc. announced the expansion of its automotive-qualified 16 nanometer (nm) family with two new devices – the Xilinx Automotive (XA) Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC 7EV and 11EG. These two new parts deliver the highest programmable capacity, performance and I/O capabilities enabling high-speed, data aggregation, pre-processing, and distribution (DAPD), as well as compute acceleration for L2+ […]
Authenticator IC meet AEC-Q100 Grade 1 verifies genuine automotive components
Designers can now enhance safety, security and data integrity for connected vehicle systems while also reducing both complexity and code development time with the DS28C40 DeepCover automotive secure authenticator from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. As the industry’s first and only AEC-Q100 Grade 1 solution for automotive systems, this authenticator IC reduces the design complexity and […]
DSP processing IP accelerates highly parallel automotive, sensor fusion, comm apps
Synopsys announced the new DesignWare ARC VPX5 DSP and VPX5FS DSP Processor IP that is based on an extended ARCv2DSP instruction set and optimized for a broad range of high-performance signal processing applications, such as RADAR/LiDAR, sensor fusion, and baseband communications processing. The new ARC VPX5 DSP processors implement a configurable, energy-efficient very long instruction word […]
MCUs optimized for 77-GHz auto-radar tasks
Infineon Technologies AG will add a new member to its automotive microcontroller family AURIX to address new automotive 77 GHz radar applications such as high-end corner radar systems for advanced driver assistance systems and automated driving. New features include a new signal-processing unit, a large SRAM memory dedicated to radar and four TriCore™ processors running […]
Flash-based SD, microSD cards built to handle industrial and automotive apps
ATP Electronics has announced the launch of S600Sia, its first 3D triple-level cell (TLC) flash-based A1 Performance Class SD and microSD cards built for industrial and automotive applications. ATP employs 64-layer 3D NAND technology, which is standing out to become the mainstream of the automotive and industrial market with steady supply for 5 years. By […]
Software helps safety-critical SoC designs hit automotive ASIL levels
Synopsys announced its new native automotive solutions for more efficient system-on-chip (SoC) design. The accelerating evolution of vehicle technologies means that more automotive chips are required to satisfy higher automotive safety integrity levels (ASILs) for autonomous driving and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). Synopsys’ native automotive design solutions enable designers to achieve their target ASILs by […]
Autonomous security platform brings crypto-agility to PSA Certified Level 1
NXM Labs, Inc. announced the first public demonstration of the NXM Autonomous Security platform at Arm TechCon 2019. NXM is the first independent software vendor to bring Crypto Agility to PSA Certified Level 1 which is a key enabler for Autonomous Security. NXM Autonomous Security is a software-based solution that enables IoT devices to manage their […]
Software machine learning development environment targets ADAS, next-gen auto apps
NXP Semiconductors N.V. has expanded its eIQ software machine learning (ML) development environment with its automotive-grade deep learning toolkit, eIQ Auto. The toolkit aims to help customers move quickly from a development environment to AI application implementations that meet stringent automotive standards. eIQ Auto enables the application of deep learning-based algorithms to vision, driver replacement, […]
