Renesas Electronics’s new system-on-a-chip to assist ADAS

Renesas Electronics Corporation has announced the availability of its R-Car V2H, the company’s newest system-on-a-chip (SoC) implementing state-of-the-art image recognition technology to support high-resolution surround viewing in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).

This is the first R-Car ADAS device from Renesas and includes additional functionality for higher performance, lower power, and improved safety in traditional and emerging self-driving vehicles.

Renesas applied technology from its industry-leading R-Car SoCs for automotive infotainment equipment and added high-performance image recognition and low-power consumption technologies in the development of the R-Car V2H.

The R-Car V2H enables embedded system manufacturers to deliver high-resolution surround-view monitoring systems, with multiple cameras, for advanced point-of-view switching. This includes rearview and surround-view capabilities that expand what is seen by the system to every direction around the vehicle, aiding in driver oversight prevention. These types of sophisticated systems demand substantially higher processing performance in order to handle the expanded range of image recognition targets and increased processing load imposed by multiple cameras with higher pixel counts. At the same time, there is demand for both functional safety, to maintain high quality and performance, and reduced power consumption. Finally, the rapidly increasing cost of software development creates a need for better development efficiency. The company says the R-Car V2H addresses all of these requirements in a single-chip solution.

“As a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions to the automotive industry,

Renesas is mindful not only of the electronic system requirements of today and tomorrow’s automobiles, but also the importance of safety, especially with wider adoption of self-driving vehicles,” said Ryuji Omura, executive vice-president at Renesas Electronics Corporation.

“The R-Car V2H series delivers the imaging technologies, software tools, and high-speednetworking needed to develop robust ADAS systems that contribute to smarter, safer automobiles.”

Samples of the R-Car V2H SoC will be available in September 2014. Mass production is scheduled to begin in October 2016, and is expected to reach a combined production volume of 500,000 units per month by October 2017.