As we all know, Renesas Electronics has a very long history in the field of automotive electronics. Back in 2017, Renesas acquired Intersil, which in turn integrated the company's expertise in analog and power design capabilities with Renesas Electronics' MCU product line, creating a powerful combination.

Taking this opportunity, at CES 2018, Renesas Electronics showcased a comprehensive range of integrated systems based on advanced, technology-ready mass production, from sensor fusion and ADAS to connected cockpits, announcing to the industry Renesas' leading position in the automotive electronics field.

Thanks to Renesas Electronics' rich line of automotive MCUs, Renesas' technology has formed a complete automotive solution. Specifically, Renesas Electronics' main products in the automotive field include MCUs/MPUs, solutions, and platforms at different levels.

"R-Car" is Renesas Electronics' main solution for the automotive sector. "R-Car" is the nickname for Renesas Electronics' System-on-Chip (SoC) series designed for next-generation automotive computing in the era of self-driving cars, for automotive information systems.

The scalable R-Car hardware platform and flexible software platform cover the full range of products from entry to advanced. Plug-ins are available for multiple open source software.

Renesas believes that solving vehicle computing tasks with just one general-purpose GPU is sure to hit a performance and power barrier, so the R-Car autonomous driving platform goes the other way, integrating multiple cores depending on the task to help boost throughput on the internal bus.

"In November 2017, Toyota selected Renesas Electronics solutions, including the R-Car SoC for in-vehicle infotainment systems and ADAS, and the RH850 MCU for vehicle control, to be commercialized in 2020. Renesas provided Toyota with a total semiconductor solution from environmental awareness, driving judgment, to body control."

R-Car H3 is an automotive computing platform developed for the autonomous driving market. According to Renesas, this SoC is ideal for driver safety support systems because of its powerful cognitive computing capabilities and its ability to accurately process the large amount of information collected by the vehicle's sensors in real time.

With this SoC, automakers can directly run applications that require complex computing, such as obstacle detection, driver status recognition, hazard prediction and hazard avoidance. In addition, the R-Car H3 can also be used in in-car infotainment systems.

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