Quadcore, fast graphic-data crunching SoC for automotive infotainment systems

Renesas Electronics and Renesas Mobile have launched a new member of the R-Car Series of automotive Systems-on-Chip (SoCs). R-Car H2 with 25,000 DMIPS of processing power designed to handle 3D graphics processing in high-end multimedia and navigation automotive systems. Quad-core R-Car H2 has ARM CortexA-15 and ARM CortexA-7 architectured using big.LITTLE processing technique. Renesas says powerful media hardware accelerators enable features like 4 × HD 1080p video en/decoding including Blu-Ray support at 60 frames per second, image/voice recognition and high-resolution 3D graphics with almost no CPU load. These implemented hardware modules also execute the display content improvements needed for human-machine interface (HMI)/navigation data in parallel to Movie/DVD handling. The R-Car H2 also features the Imagination Technologies PowerVR Series6 G6400 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). This is the first worldwide implementation of the GPU into an automotive SoC, claims Renesas. This GPU supports open technologies like OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 3.0 and OpenCL standards. Renesas' IMP-X4 core, implemented in R-Car H2 as an optional feature, provides real-time image processing that enables developers to support the emerging trend of augmented reality. In order to fully benefit from the IMP-X4 core, the R-Car H2 also supports up to four independent input camera channels,...