Texas Instruments unveils new automotive chips and development tools
The US semiconductor group has introduced new automotive processors, radar and networking components aimed at improving safety, perception and in-vehicle connectivity.
Texas Instruments said it has launched a range of new automotive semiconductors and development resources designed to support advanced driver assistance and higher levels of vehicle autonomy.
The company said its scalable TDA5 high-performance computing system-on-chip family delivers edge artificial intelligence performance ranging from 10 trillion operations per second to 1,200 trillion operations per second. It added that the platform offers power efficiency above 24 TOPS per watt and uses a chiplet-ready design to support up to Society of Automotive Engineers Level 3 automated driving.
Texas Instruments also unveiled the AWR2188, a single-chip eight-by-eight 4D imaging radar transceiver integrating eight transmit and eight receive channels. The company said the device supports object detection at distances greater than 350 metres and includes faster analogue-to-digital converter processing and a chirp signal slope engine.
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The group said it has also introduced the DP83TD555J-Q1 10BASE-T1S Ethernet physical layer device, which integrates a media access controller, nanosecond-level time synchronisation and Power over Data Line capability. The component is intended to extend high-performance Ethernet to vehicle edge nodes while reducing wiring complexity and cost, the company added.
Texas Instruments said it will demonstrate the technologies at CES in Las Vegas from January 6 to 9. The TDA54 software development kit is available now, with TDA54-Q1 samples due to be made available to selected automotive customers by the end of the year. Pre-production quantities and evaluation modules for the AWR2188 and DP83TD555J-Q1 are available on request, the company said.
The Recap
- TI expanded its automotive semiconductor portfolio for vehicle autonomy.
- TDA5 SoCs deliver up to 1200 TOPS of edge AI performance.
- TDA54-Q1 samples will be available to select customers by year-end.
