Xilinx Accelerates Automotive Driver Assistance Deployment at SAE
Convergence 2012
DETROIT, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Xilinx, Inc.
(NASDAQ: XLNX) today set the stage for an acceleration of the
automotive industry's development and deployment of a new
generation of automotive driver assistance systems (ADAS). At the
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Convergence 2012 (booth #909)
event, Xilinx unveiled its automotive ARM®-processor based
Zynq™-7000 All Programmable system-on-a-chip (SoC) platform that
can reduce the cost and the time-to-market of driver assistance
solutions by using programmable system integration to lower
bill-of-materials while meeting the sophisticated technical
requirements behind systems requiring driver assurance-critical
image-to-vision and in-vehicle networking capabilities.
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"The ADAS space is evolving rapidly and Xilinx's automotive
grade Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC is the game changer the
industry needs to accelerate the pace of ADAS technology
deployment," said Nick DiFiore,
director of Xilinx's automotive segment. "The Zynq-7000 family
allows ADAS developers to implement a familiar software-based
system, but with closely coupled, fully customized, hardware
accelerators that deliver a level of raw image processing
performance and low power consumption that is simply not achievable
with traditional multi-chip approaches."
DiFiore added that ADAS suppliers are already using Zynq-7000
devices rather than 'pre-canned' ASSPs to combine off-the-shelf IP
from the Xilinx ecosystem along with their own proprietary IP and
algorithms to differentiate themselves in the market, "all without
the huge costs and time-to-market penalties that make ASIC
development impractical – it's a win/win in this hotly contested
market."
Automakers are bundling the current generation of ADAS
applications – which includes blind spot detection, lane departure
warning systems, automatic parking assistance, collision avoidance,
pedestrian detection and driver drowsiness detection – as they seek
to provide drivers with multiple safety features at lower
costs. Common to both current and future ADAS applications is
the use of a variety of cameras and ultrasonic sensors in
combination with specialized, real-time processing systems, a prime
example of the image-to-vision capabilities that Xilinx is putting
particular focus on across all its markets. Currently these
systems use multiple chips for the required processing, which keep
BOM costs high and reduce flexibility options to scale between
vehicle platforms.
In addition to its performance advantages, the Xilinx Automotive
(XA) Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC is ideal for ADAS applications
as it is qualified to meet the stringent temperature, quality and
reliability requirements for automotive applications.
"Consumer demand for driver assistance applications is strong
and growing but continues to be held back due to high manufacturing
and development costs. To overcome this, it is vital to
'right size' the underlying components through increasing
integration and to create common platforms that can be customized
for a variety of ADAS applications – this will lower unit costs,
increase economies of scale and shorten development cycles," said
Mark Fitzgerald, associate director
global automotive practice, Strategy Analytics. "By integrating
more and more into fewer and fewer chips, customizable solutions
hold the promise of addressing these requirements of automotive
manufacturers to develop a new generation of ADAS applications
available across more of their cars."
Current ADAS solutions typically employ multiple chips, but
Xilinx overcomes this with its Zynq-7000 family, the industry's
first SoC family to incorporate an ARM dual-core Cortex™-A9 MPCore™
processing system with tightly coupled programmable logic on a
single die. This combination dramatically increases the performance
critical for processing-intensive real-time ADAS, and enables
greater system integration for bundling multiple applications while
reducing BOM.
See Xilinx's Automotive video to find out how Zynq-7000 All
Programmable SoCs eliminate the need for multi-chip solutions,
provide higher system integration, and allow for the optimum level
of hardware resources and scalability spanning low- to high-end
ADAS.
"The Xilinx Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC is a great
programmable platform for upcoming automotive driver assistance
applications that require intensive real-time video processing,
parallel execution of multiple advanced algorithms and versatile
interfacing with sensors and vehicles' communication backbones,"
said Davor Kovačec, founder and CEO of Xylon. "The abundant
performance and reprogrammability of the Zynq-7000 devices enables
us to design SoCs that outperform competing solutions and which
enable a new level of system differentiation through a combination
of hardware-accelerated video inputs from multiple camera inputs
and the ability to quickly adapt to ever changing sensor setups and
interfacing."
Availability
Availability of the fully qualified XA
Zynq-7000 devices is scheduled for the second quarter of 2013.
Developers can get started on their designs today using the
commercial grade devices available today. Please visit the Xilinx
Automotive Zynq-7000 SoC webpage to learn more. Xylon's LogiADAK
Zynq-7000 SoC Automotive Driver Assistance Kit will be available in
December 2012. For more information
on the kit, please visit the Xylon webpage.
About Xilinx
Xilinx is the world's leading provider of
All Programmable FPGAs, SoCs and 3D ICs. These industry-leading
devices are coupled with a next-generation design environment and
IP to serve a broad range of customer needs, from programmable
logic to programmable systems integration. For more information,
visit www.xilinx.com.
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Complementing the fully programmable nature of the Zynq-7000 All
Programmable SoC platform, automakers and their electronics
suppliers can take advantage of available IP, the robust design
framework and the advantages of Xilinx's strong Alliance Program
ecosystem to accelerate time-to-market, focus on product innovation
and reprogram their products to meet changing requirements and
specifications. Here's what some Xilinx Alliance Program members
have to say about Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs.
Green Hills Software, Xilinx Alliance Program Member
"The flexibility of Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs, with its
programmability and powerful ARM dual-core Cortex-A9 MPCore
subsystem, is an excellent fit for high performance automotive
applications, such as ADAS, and for Green Hills Software's Platform
for Automotive Digital Instruments, which includes the industry
leading ISO 26262 ASIL D qualified solutions."
– David Kleidermacher, chief
technology officer, Green Hills Software
eSOL, Xilinx Alliance Program Member
"We believe the combination of Xilinx Automotive Zynq-7000 All
Programmable SoCs and our eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition real-time OS
ensures high real-time capability and reliability in driver
assistant systems. We expect the Zynq-7000 SoC platform to bring
much more advantages to the driver assistance system developers. As
a proven real-time OS vendor, eSOL has been deeply committed to the
automotive system development for years. eSOL's high-level skills
and deep knowledge about automotive systems, including AUTOSAR and
the functional safety, are acquired through those experiences. For
the ARM dual-core Cortex-A9 MPCore processing system integrated in
the Zynq-7000 SoC platform, eSOL offers the eT-Kernel Multi- Core
Edition real-time OS, which has been adopted in many automotive
systems worldwide. In collaboration with Xilinx, eSOL will fully
support the DA systems developers on their development
solution."
– Nobuyuki Ueyama,
executive vice president of eSOL
Lauterbach GmbH, Xilinx Alliance Program Member
"Lauterbach's support of the Zynq-7000 family with the TRACE32
hardware assisted debugging and trace tool allows customers to
preserve their design/debug environment while, at the same time,
explore the capabilities of Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoCs.
Especially our automotive customers, who attach great importance to
real time trace will be happy with the extensive trace capabilities
of the Zynq-7000 SoC platform. Our work with Xilinx builds on years
of collaboration between the two companies on FPGA-based embedded
systems development solutions."
– Norbert Weiss, sales and
marketing manager at Lauterbach GmbHXilinx
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