The new Jacinto 7 processor platform from Texas Instruments processor platform offers advanced deep learning and network connectivity features to overcome design challenges in advanced driver assistance systems and automotive gateway applications.
Using data from cameras, radar and lidar, advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) technology helps vehicles 'see' and adapt to the world around them. The large flow of information received by a car highlights the need for processors or on-chip systems that can quickly and efficiently handle real-time multi-level processing, all while operating with the available system power. TI's new processors perform high-performance Adas operations using only 5 to 20 W of power, eliminating the need for active cooling.
The platform's first two automotive devices, the TDA4VM processors for Adas and the DRA829V processors for gateway systems, include specialised on-chip accelerators to segment and speed data-intensive operations such as computer vision and machine learning. The TDA4VM and DRA829V processors also integrate a functional safety microcontroller that allows OEMs and Tier 1 vendors to manage safety-critical Asil-D operations and other practical functionality with a single chip. Both devices share a single software platform, which reduces system complexity and cost by allowing developers to reuse their software in different types of vehicles.
