Complete Solution for next-generation high-end multimedia and navigation
Renesas Electronics Corporation and Renesas Mobile Corporation announced a new member of the R-Car Series of automotive Systems-on-Chip (SoCs). Capable of delivering more than 25,000 DMIPS, the R-Car H2 provides high performance and state-of-the-art 3D graphics capabilities for high-end multimedia and navigation automotive systems. The R-Car H2 is powered by the ARM? Cortex?A-15 quad-core configuration running an additional ARM? Cortex?A-7 quad-core ? the industry?s first implementation of a Quad ARM? Cortex A15 and the big.LITTLE processing technique in an automotive SoC.
Media hardware accelerators enable features like 4 x HD 1080p video en/decoding including Blu-Ray support at 60 frames per second, image/voice recognition and high-resolution 3D graphics with almost no CPU load. These implemented hardware modules also execute the display content improvements needed for human-machine interface (HMI)/navigation data in parallel to Movie/DVD handling.
The R-Car H2 also features the Imagination Technologies PowerVR Series6 G6400 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). This is the first worldwide implementation of the GPU into an automotive SoC. The GPU supports open technologies like OpenGL ES 2.0 as well as the OpenGL ES 3.0 and OpenCL standards.
Renesas? IMP-X4 core, implemented in R-Car H2 as an optional feature, provides real-time image processing that enables developers to support the emerging trend of augmented reality. In order to fully benefit from the IMP-X4 core, the R-Car H2 also supports up to four independent input camera channels, allowing easy implementations of 360? camera views and image recognition among other possible driver assistance functions. OpenCV support for IMP-X4 will also be offered.
The R-Car H2 bus architecture includes dedicated CPU and IP caches, enabling Renesas to reduce DDR3 memory bandwidth consumption. To ensure adequate memory bandwidth the R-Car H2 is equipped with two independent DDR3-1600 32-bit interfaces, allowing more efficient access to different content simultaneously compared to a single 64-bit DDR interface. The R-Car family aspires to provide users with the highest capable multitasking processing solution on the automotive market today.
In developing the R-Car series of SoCs Renesas leveraged experience with mobile products, where there is a strong focus on power consumption reduction. Mobile technologies applied to Renesas? automotive SoCs provide effective power optimization and handling.
The R-Car H2 integrates automotive interfaces like Ethernet AVB, MOST-150 and CAN and mass storage interfaces like SATA, USB3.0/2.0, SDcard and PCI Express for system expansion. As a device option, the GPS baseband engine handles all modern navigation standards. A 24-bit DSP for codec, high-quality audio processing with hardware sample rate converters and audio mixing are part of the function coverage. The Renesas Ethernet AVB solution offers the Full Ethernet AVB specification and meets automotive specification requirements.
Ecosystem support
The R-Car H2 is supported by an ecosystem that includes board support packages (BSPs), middleware, development environment, and partner solutions to enable quick prototyping and drastic reduction of high-end product development costs.
?1st generation R-Car series products are well accepted in the car infotainment market? said Ryuji Omura, Executive Manager, Renesas Electronics Corporation. ?To cover various customer demands, 2nd generation of R-Car, such as R-Car H2, aimed at the further expansion of Eco-system with a number of our partners including embedded OS, middleware and Tool vendors.?
The R-Car H2?s multi-core architecture allows customers to implement real-time features, such as quick-boot, backup camera support, and media processing, parallel to the execution of advanced operating systems such as QNX? Neutrino? RTOS, Windows? Embedded Automotive or Linux. Renesas? collaboration with industry-leading Operating System vendors provides tools to bring differentiated, high-performance products to market.
?Renesas and QNX Software Systems have had a long and successful relationship in helping automotive customers deliver state-of-the-art infotainment systems,? said John Wall, vice president, engineering services, QNX Software Systems. ?The new R-Car H2 automotive SoC demonstrates why we value Renesas so highly as a partner ? it reflects a deep understanding of customer requirements and addresses performance requirements of next-generation infotainment systems. We look forward to having the QNX CAR? application platform supported by the R-Car H2.?
?The R-CAR H2 brings together a powerful multi-domain architecture to meet the demands of high-end next generation Automotive Infotainment Systems,? said Glenn Perry, General Manager of the Embedded Software Division at Mentor Graphics. ?We look forward to working with Renesas, Automotive Tier One Suppliers and OEMs to deliver optimized Linux-based Infotainment Platforms for the application domain and a high performance solution for the real-time domain based on the widely adopted Nucleus RTOS.?
?The collaboration with Renesas offers Elektrobit (EB) customers a ready-to-use solution for future automotive HMI development, through one of the worldwide leading systems on chips (SoC) platforms for next-generation car infotainment systems. The integrated GPU (Graphic processing unit) is suitable for demanding 3D graphics applications; it offers one of the best graphical performances in the embedded market?, said Martin Schleicher, Vice President Infotainment Products, Elektrobit.
R-Car 2nd Generation launch partners
- Altera Corporation
- Micron Technology, Inc.
- ArcherMind Technology Co.,Ltd
- Microsoft Corporation
- BSQUARE Corporation
- Opera Software ASA
- Cinemo GmbH
- QNX Software Systems
- Digital Theater Systems, Inc.
- Spansion Inc.
- Elektrobit Corporation
- Tata Elxsi Limited
- Integrated Silicon Solution, Inc.
- Tensilica, Inc.
- Jasmin Infotech Japan
- Wind River Systems, Inc.
- Lauterbach GmbH
- SNOW (????????????)
- Mentor Graphics Corporation
- RisingTek????????????
Availability
Samples of the Renesas R-Car H2 SoC are available from today, equipped in a 831-pin FCBGA (flip chip ball grid array) package. Mass production is scheduled for mid-2014.
Other posts you may be interested in reading:
- Renesas SH77722 (SH-NaviJ2) targets low-midrange navigation and infotainment
- Renesas R-Car M1 SoCs target mid-range infotainment
- Audi selects QNX software platform for infotainment system
Source: http://johndayautomotivelectronics.com/?p=13641
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