ASIL D SoC delivers 60 TOPS for ADAS and automated driving

Renesas Electronics Corp. recently unveiled the R-Car V3U – an ASIL D system on chip (SoC) for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving (AD) systems. The ASIL D system SoC delivers 60 tera operations per second (TOPS) performance with low power consumption for deep learning processing and up to 96,000 DMIPS.

Expanding its R-Car automotive SoC portfolio, the R-Car V3U is the first SoC using the R-Car Gen 4 architecture for ADAS and AD, enabling scalability from entry-level NCAP applications up to highly automated driving systems.

The new SoC leverages technology such as ADAS and Level 2 perception from the previous generation R-Car V3M and R-Car V3H devices, together with the Renesas autonomy platform, to offer a smooth migration path to single-chip Level 3 automated driving with a short development time, said the company.

Automated driving systems require functional safety up to ASIL D, which is the most stringent automotive safety integrity level specified under the ISO 26262 standard for road vehicles. The R-Car V3U SoC integrates multiple safety mechanisms that provide fast detection and response for random hardware faults.

Key features of the R-Car V3M include a highly flexible deep neural network (DNN) and AI machine learning functions. The flexible architecture is capable of handling any state-of-the-art neural networks for automotive obstacle detection and classification tasks while maintaining 60 TOPS with low power consumption and an air cooling system, said Renesas.

Other features include a wide range of programmable engines, including DSP for radar processing, multi-threading computer vision engine for traditional computer vision algorithms, image signal processing to enhance image quality, and additional hardware accelerators for key algorithms such as dense optical flow, stereo disparity, and object classification.

In support of the autonomy platform, Renesas provides an embedded software development platform for automated driving, debugging and tuning tools for heterogeneous multi-core hardware, a comprehensive set of example applications, and online education resources for engineers.

For faster development and time to market, the R-Car V3U can be combined with Renesas’ high-performance, low-power RH850 microcontroller, integrated power management ICs, and power transistor devices that are required for ADAS and AD ECUs.

Samples of the R-Car V3U SoC are available now. Mass production is planned for second quarter of 2023.