Automotive purpose built FPGAs for software defined vehicles

Efinix launched a new automotive AEC-Q100 (Grade 1) qualified FPGA devices called Titanium Ti375, fabricated in an advanced 16 nm semiconductor node process, Efinix’s Efinity tool suite has also achieved ISO26262 certification. The Titanium line FPGAs are designed to deliver performance and efficiency through lower power and high compute in small package footprints ranging from 35,000-to-1 million logic elements. Efinix solutions for the automotive industry also include the Trion T13 and T20, which provide 13,000 and 20,000 logic elements respectively. These two FPGAs are AEC-Q100 Grade 2 qualified. “The modern vehicle has become a data center on wheels,” said Sammy Cheung, Efinix co-founder, CEO, and president. “In essence through our line of automotive solutions, we are delivering the platform to automotive manufacturers to not only keep up with emerging technologies and techniques, but a powerful, adaptable technology to support their design process through their long development cycles.” Target electronics in vehicles include the proliferation of sensors, cameras, including AI algorithms, in-cabin displays and infotainment, among a vast array of others thanks to the explosion in the complexity of automotive electronics. Efinix said its FPGAs are already being used by manufacturers of LiDAR units, camera monitoring system that replaces rear-view mirrors and a v...