SemiMedia SemiMedia
  • Breaking News
  • MarketWatch
  • Distribution
  • Manufacturer
  • Video
  • About us
Home › Manufacturer › Infineon and Synopsys collaborate to accelerate AI in automotive applications
  • 0

Infineon and Synopsys collaborate to accelerate AI in automotive applications

SemiMediaEdit
September 20, 2019

Artificial intelligence (AI) and neural networks are becoming a key factor in developing safer, smart and eco-friendly cars. In order to support AI-driven solutions with its future automotive microcontrollers, Infineon Technologies AG has started a collaboration with Synopsys. Next generation AURIX™ microcontrollers from Infineon will integrate a new high-performance AI accelerator called Parallel Processing Unit (PPU) that will employ Synopsys’ DesignWare® ARC® EV Processor IP.

AI and neural networks are fundamental building blocks for future automated driving applications such as object classification, target tracking, or path planning. Furthermore, they play an important role in optimizing many other automotive applications, helping to reduce the cost of ECU systems, improving their performance and accelerating time-to-market. For example, they enable an optimized engine auto-calibration and reduce the number of sensors by producing accurate mathematical models of the physical reactions occurring in a system. At the same time, however, AI applications require much higher computing power than standard algorithms.

“By developing the PPU together with Synopsys we make sure that our future microcontrollers will provide the safety features, throughput, and power-efficient performance necessary to meet increasing AI computational requirements,” said Peter Schäfer, head of the microcontroller business line of Infineon’s Automotive Division. “This will prepare the AURIX for data-hungry automotive applications such as future gateways, domain and zone controllers, engine management, electro-mobility and advanced driver assistance systems.”

Already today, the AURIX supports certain types of neural networks. However, the PPU will take its real-time and AI capabilities to an entirely new level. The PPU’s performance will be significantly higher than that of today’s accelerators, enabling the AURIX to process the data from advanced sensors where it is currently bounded by real-time constraints, for example. The PPU will accelerate AI algorithms such as Recurrent Neural Network (RNN), Multi-Layer Perceptron (MLP), Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), and Radial Basis Function (RBF).

“In many AI-driven applications, safety is paramount,” said Joachim Kunkel, General Manager of the Solutions Group at Synopsys. “Combining the processing power and safety features of our ARC EV Processor with the proven architecture of the AURIX will enable the development of automotive systems at the highest levels of functional safety.”

The EV Processor is supported by Synopsys’ MetaWare EV Development Toolkit for Safety, which speeds safety-compliant application software development for automotive designs. The resulting AURIX toolchain will support model-based designs, enabling the latest software design strategies and reducing the increasingly demanding automotive time-to-market.

Furthermore, by supporting convolutional neural networks, the PPU will help pave the way to holistic security systems. It will enable layered security concepts supporting techniques for intrusion detection and prevention systems like deep packet inspections or system entropy monitoring.

 

Editor's note: This post is from the official website of Infineon.

Related

electronic components news Infineon Synopsys
2019 will be the third largest semiconductor acquisition year
Previous
YMTC announces the commissioning of its own memory chip manufacturing project, with a capacity of 120,000 wafers per month
Next

All Comments (0)

Back
No Comment.

Top Post

Fire broke out at AKM factory in Japan
Qualcomm ranked first in the world's top ten IC design companies
Mouser Electronics expands to the Philippines with local customer service center
Analyze the key factors and prospects of electronic components shortage from the perspective of wafer industry
What is the root cause of the decline of the Japanese semiconductor industry?
ST releases price increase notice

Subscribe SemiMedia

Please check your E-mail to confirm the subscribtion.

Related posts

Top 10 OSAT vendors post modest growth in 2024 amid rising demand for advanced packaging

Top 10 OSAT vendors post modest growth in 2024 amid rising demand for advanced packaging

May 14, 2025
0
AI boom drives global chip market to $683 billion, Infineon and STMicro fall from top 10

AI boom drives global chip market to $683 billion, Infineon and STMicro fall from top 10

May 14, 2025
0
Vishay releases AEC-Q100 Qualified Ambient Light Sensor in Rectangular 4.38 mm x 1.45 mm x 0.6 mm Package

Vishay releases AEC-Q100 Qualified Ambient Light Sensor in Rectangular 4.38 mm x 1.45 mm x 0.6 mm Package

May 14, 2025
0
Infineon unveils 650 V CoolGaN switch to streamline power conversion across EV, solar, and data center systems

Infineon unveils 650 V CoolGaN switch to streamline power conversion across EV, solar, and data center systems

May 13, 2025
0
Copyright © 2017-2025 SemiMedia. Designed by nicetheme.
  • Please set up your first menu at [Admin -> Appearance -> Menus]
  • electronic components news
  • Electronic components supplier
  • Electronic parts supplier
  • Infineon
  • Electronic component news
  • Renesas
  • Vishay
  • STMicroelectronics
  • NXP
  • TDK

SemiMediaEdit

Administrator