Multicore processors aim for automotive multimedia
A Renesas Technology Europe product story
Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Feb 5, 2008
Each device incorporates two Renesas Technology SH-4A high-performance CPU cores to achieve superior processing power of up to 1920MIPS.
Newly developed by Renesas Technology, the SH7786 group of dual-core processors are built around twin SH-4A CPU cores.
The SH7786 group is intended for high-performance multimedia systems, especially car information systems (CIS) such as car navigation systems.
Each device incorporates two Renesas Technology SH-4A high-performance CPU cores to achieve superior processing power of up to 1920MIPS (when operating at 533MHz).
Samples of the first product version, fabricated using a 90nm process, are currently being shipped to selected automotive customers.
The second product version, fabricated using a 65nm process, is under development.
The 65nm version, based on the 90nm version, will provide reduced power consumption and an enhanced cost to performance ratio.
Sample shipments will begin in October 2008 in Japan.
The device will be made available to Renesas Technology's wide base of consumer and industrial customers in 2009.
For its two CPU cores the SH7786 group uses the well-established SH-4A, the most powerful CPU core available in the SuperH family of 32bit RISC microcomputers, and a newly adopted core architecture that supports a dual-core configuration.