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Renesas Electronics Shifts Production-Ready ADAS, Autonomous, and Cockpit Development Into High Gear at CES 2018
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723), a premier supplier of
advanced automotive semiconductor solutions, today announced the next
generation of its advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), automated
driving, and connected cockpit demonstration vehicles. From sensor
fusion to ADAS to connected cockpits, the three Renesas vehicles
demonstrate fully integrated systems based on advanced, production-ready
technologies that enable OEMs and Tier 1s to solve the complex
challenges of autonomous vehicle design as the industry shifts from test
and simulation to product development. The vehicles are part of Renesas'
open, innovative, and trusted Renesas autonomy™ Platform for ADAS and
automated driving that delivers total end-to-end solutions scaling from
cloud to sensing and vehicle control. With Renesas autonomy, Renesas
aims to contribute to a safe and secure society in the autonomous
driving era.
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Renesas Connected Cockpit, ADAS, and Autonomous vehicles in front of the Detroit city skyline. (Photo: Business Wire)
Renesas has added evolutionary upgrades in embedded vision, lidar, GPS,
and security to its current autonomous Lincoln MKZ and ADAS Cadillac
vehicles. Renesas is also introducing the new Renesas Connected Cockpit
Vehicle, developed on a Dodge Ram 1500 truck, showcasing the convergence
of embedded- and cloud-based technologies to provide a more integrated
and personalized in-car experience. Renesas will demonstrate the
vehicles at CES
2018 in the Renesas Advanced and Autonomous Test Track and Future
Ready Solutions Showcase, January 9-12, 2018, in Las Vegas.
"Faster time to market, flexibility for future-proofing, lower bill of
materials cost, manufacturable design - these are just some of the
ongoing challenges OEMs and Tier 1s are facing when developing
production-ready autonomous-driving and connected cockpit vehicles," said
Amrit Vivekanand, Vice President, Automotive Systems Business
Division, Renesas Electronics. "The enhanced Cadillac and
Lincoln vehicles, and the new Connected Cockpit Dodge Ram vehicle help
OEMs and Tier 1s deal with these challenges, and accelerate their
autonomous-driving and connected cockpit development. We have been
overwhelmed by the positive response to our current integrated
platforms, and are excited to build on that collaboration with our
amazing group of partners."
Conceived as development platforms for automotive system manufacturers,
the Renesas vehicles enable the creation of safe, integrated solutions
that extend beyond silicon, based on powerful, high-reliability
automotive-grade Renesas solutions, including:
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Third-generation R-Car
system-on-chip (SoC), including the R-Car H3 (Connected Cockpit,
Lincoln, and Cadillac vehicles) and the R-Car V3M (Lincoln and
Cadillac vehicles)
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Popular RH850
Family of microcontrollers (MCUs) for vehicle control
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Renesas IMP-X5 computer vision processing architecture
About the Renesas Connected Cockpit Vehicle (Dodge Ram 1500)
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Integrated Cockpit Solutions In Real Life:
In 2018, Renesas is taking diverse integrated cockpit solutions into a
real-world automotive setting with its new Connected Cockpit Vehicle.
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Developed on a Dodge Ram 1500 truck, the immersive, future-forward
platform integrates production-ready, automotive-grade hardware
and software.
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The Connected Cockpit features a 12.5-inch 3D digital cluster and
a 17-inch Full HD center display both driven by a single R-Car H3
SoC. It runs both a production-ready safe OS and Android (News - Alert)™
operating system (OS) in a virtualized environment to support
navigation, software defined radio, multimedia streaming, coud
connectivity, and a fully custom multi-OS HMI. It also supports
ISO 26262-critical applications such as biometric facial
recognition and eMirror for digital replacement of the
rear-/side-view digital mirrors. Finally, advanced virtualized
display sharing techniques allow a seamless integration of both
OS's and applications on any display.
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Strategic partners on the Dodge RAM (News - Alert) Connected Cockpit include: Altia,
EPAM,
FiberDyne, Green
Hills Software, Maxim
Integrated, and New
Foundry.
About the Renesas Autonomous Vehicle (Lincoln MKZ)
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Taking Secure Autonomous Driving to the Road:
In December 2016, Renesas introduced the SAE Level 4 (http://www.sae.org/)
autonomous vehicle, developed on a Lincoln MKZ car model, which was
showcased at CES (News - Alert) 2017.
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Over the past year, Renesas has continued its close collaboration
with key partners to identify new opportunities to design and
deploy autonomous driving technologies on the Lincoln MKZ model
for city driving perception in the real world.
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For 2018, the vehicle platform has substantially evolved to
provide greater awareness of and safety within its driving
environment through upgrades in its vision-based technologies,
secure communications networking capabilities, and deep learning
functions.
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The Lincoln MKZ vehicle showcases a nine-camera system including
detection of vehicles, lane marking, stop signs, speed limit
signs, traffic lights, pedestrians, and parking spaces, all
running on a cost efficient, low-power R-Car SoC designed
specifically for computer vision and machine learning within
automotive standards for functional safety (ISO 26262) and
reliability.
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Architecture upgrades from CES 2017 include advancements in
cost-efficient GPS and lidar sensing; DNNs running within ISO
26262; cost-efficient, low-power processors (R-Car V3M), and an
increase to nine object-detection cameras. Localization robustness
is improved by fusing GPS, lidar, and production-quality,
high-definition mapping.
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Architecture improvements on display will include cost-reduced
sensing, deep learning with ASIL processors, and fault coverage
for sensors and key components in the system design. The updated
vehicle also features highly refined, automotive-grade,
map-matching methods that are already heading into production
cars, replacing expensive and impractical GPS-based positioning
technologies.
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Strategic partners on the Lincoln MKZ vehicle include: HELLA
Aglaia, QNX,
and the University
of Waterloo.
About the Renesas Connected Vehicle (Cadillac SRX)
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Connected Driving for Mainstream:
In October 2015, Renesas introduced the first member of its autonomous
driving development platform vehicles, developed on a Cadillac SRX
mode and highlighting a combination of sensor fusion, 3D surround
view, V2X, and mobile apps integration.
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Over the past two years, Renesas has continued its close
collaboration with key partners to identify new opportunities for
connected automotive technologies and implement them on the
Cadillac SRX model for road trip testing in the real world.
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For 2018, the vehicle platform has evolved to provide greater
awareness of and safety within its driving environment through
upgrades for vision-based systems, wireless communications
capabilities, and autonomous driving algorithms for
vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure applications.
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The enhanced Cadillac SRX vehicle showcases the convergence of
sensor fusion, security, and other ADAS functions, featuring the
Renesas R-Car H3 SoC, 3-D surround view pedestrian and vehicle
detection with an on-chip IMP-X5 parallel programmable engine,
Ethernet surround view camera enhancements, and rear blind spot
alert.
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Secure communications with optimized timing protocols,
Over-The-Air update capabilities, and cloud-based routing
intelligence make use of all available wired and wireless
protocols, including 5G and DSRC developments.
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Strategic partners on the Cadillac vehicle include: eTrans,
Neusoft,
and the University
of Waterloo.
The vehicles reflect an expansion and a maturation of the hardware and
software solutions provided by Renesas and its autonomous-driving and
connected cockpit ecosystem partners. For more information about
Renesas, follow the company at @RenesasAmerica on Twitter (News - Alert) and https://www.facebook.com/RenesasAmericas/.
About Renesas Electronics Corporation
Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:
6723) delivers trusted embedded design innovation with complete
semiconductor solutions that enable billions of connected, intelligent
devices to enhance the way people work and live-securely and safely. A global
supplier in microcontrollers, analog & power and SoC products, Renesas
provides the expertise, quality, and comprehensive solutions for a broad
range of Automotive, Industrial, Home Electronics, Office Automation and
Information Communication Technology applications to help shape a
limitless future. Learn more at renesas.com.
(Remarks) Renesas autonomy is a trademark of Renesas Electronics
Corporation. Android is a trademark of Google (News - Alert) LLC. All names of products
or services mentioned in this press release are trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
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