Renesas announced the first release of the R-Car series of systems-on-chip (SoCs), the R-Car M1 series, offering low power consumption for next-generation, dashboard-mounted car navigation systems and supporting advanced human machine interfaces (HMI).
The R-Car M1 series of SoCs have been developed for mid-range systems, which are expected to become the highest volume segment in the market, and include the R-Car M1A and R-Car M1S as its lineup.
“Recently, dashboard-mounted car navigation systems have been required to offer lower power consumption, especially when used in electric vehicles. These systems also must offer high-performance multimedia processing for video and audio, and an advanced HMI with realistic 3D graphics display, and improved user operability. The R-Car M1 SoCs support these demands and can achieve cost reductions, system miniaturization and reduced development time,” a company statement reads.
Samples of the R-Car M1 series are scheduled to be available in May 2011. The R-Car M1A SoC sample will be priced at US$70 and the R-CAR M1S SoC at US$65. Mass production is scheduled to begin in June 2012.
The R-Car M1 series of SoCs share the following key features:
The R-Car M1 series of SoCs have been developed for mid-range systems, which are expected to become the highest volume segment in the market, and include the R-Car M1A and R-Car M1S as its lineup.
“Recently, dashboard-mounted car navigation systems have been required to offer lower power consumption, especially when used in electric vehicles. These systems also must offer high-performance multimedia processing for video and audio, and an advanced HMI with realistic 3D graphics display, and improved user operability. The R-Car M1 SoCs support these demands and can achieve cost reductions, system miniaturization and reduced development time,” a company statement reads.
Samples of the R-Car M1 series are scheduled to be available in May 2011. The R-Car M1A SoC sample will be priced at US$70 and the R-CAR M1S SoC at US$65. Mass production is scheduled to begin in June 2012.
The R-Car M1 series of SoCs share the following key features:
- integration of the dedicated circuitry for intelligent multimedia processing saves approximately 92 percent of power in full 1920 x 1080-pixel HD (high-definition) video decoding relative to executing the same function in software on previous products
- dedicated power supply IC for use in a voltage regulator reduces power consumption by approximately 20 percent from Renesas Electronics’ existing products
- the POWERVR SGX graphics core enhances 3D rendering performance, allowing designers to create realistic graphical user interfaces (GUIs, Note 3) and improved user operability
- incorporation of the ARM Cortex-A9 and Renesas Electronics SH-4A CPU cores operating at a maximum 800 megahertz (MHz), deliver superior processing performance of up to 3.7 giga instructions per second (GIPS)