Modern cars feature over 70 sensors that monitor various aspects of the vehicle, with 15 to 30 solely dedicated to tracking engine functions. As the automotive industry moves toward automation, the role of sensors will only increase. For example, Level 2+ autonomous vehicles require environmental awareness akin to that of a human driver, using a…
Rohde & Schwarz to present automotive radar and UWB testing at CES 2023
At CES 2023 in Las Vegas, Rohde & Schwarz will present the R&S ATS1500C radar test chamber — a complete test solution for interference and RF performance testing of automotive radar sensors, the primary technology that enables autonomous driving. Another highlight will be an ultra-wideband (UWB) testing solution for smartphone and automotive applications using the…
Renesas and Fixstars to develop AD and ADAS AI software for R-Car SoCs
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Fixstars Corporation, a global provider of multi-core CPU/GPU/FPGA acceleration technology, announced the joint development of a suite of tools that allows optimization and fast simulation of software for autonomous driving (AD) systems and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). The technology is specifically designed for the R-Car…
Renesas unveils first family of automotive radar transceivers
Renesas Electronics Corporation, a supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, is entering the automotive radar market with the introduction of a 4×4-channel, 76-81GHz transceiver designed to meet the demanding requirements of ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) and Level 3 and higher autonomous driving applications. Leveraging automotive expertise accumulated through years of global customer engagements, Renesas will…
TERAKI launches radar-detection software for safer autonomous driving
Autonomous driving (AD) and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) rely on the precise sensing of the vehicle’s surrounding environment to safely navigate. Global manufacturers have turned to advanced sensors and algorithms to enhance perception and reach unprecedented levels of safety. TERAKI, a provider of edge sensor processing, has released the latest radar-detection software that accurately identifies…
TI advances driver-assistance technology to more accurately navigate turns
In an effort to move autonomous driving and vehicle safety forward, Texas Instruments (TI) announced an expansion of its automotive offerings that can help automakers improve how advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) sense objects. TI’s new AWR2944 radar sensor adds to the company’s extensive portfolio of analog and embedded processing products and technologies, giving automotive engineers more tools…
New, high-performing Mobileye EyeQ Ultra enables autonomous vehicles
Mobileye has introduced the EyeQ Ultra, the company’s most advanced and highest-performing system-on-chip (SoC) purpose-built for autonomous driving. As unveiled during CES 2022, the EyeQ Ultra maximizes effectiveness and efficiency at only 176 TOPS, currently making it the industry’s leanest autonomous vehicle (AV) chip. This efficiently designed SoC builds on seven generations of proven EyeQ…
Samsung unveils advanced automotive-memory solutions for EVs
Samsung Electronics, a global provider in advanced memory technology, has unveiled an extensive lineup of cutting-edge automotive memory solutions designed for next-generation autonomous electric vehicles (EVs). The new lineup includes a 256-gigabyte (GB) PCIe Gen3 NVMe ball grid array (BGA) SSD, 2GB GDDR6 DRAM and 2GB DDR4 DRAM for high-performance infotainment systems, as well as…
NXP ramps up automotive processor production with TSMC technology
NXP Semiconductors, a provider in automotive processing, teamed up with TSMC to release NXP’s S32G2 vehicle network processor and the S32R294 radar processor. These products are now in volume production on TSMC’s advanced 16 nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology. This marks the migration of NXP’s S32 family of processors to increasingly advanced process nodes as…