As the global automotive industry accelerates towards intelligentization and interconnection, giving electronic technology greater room for performance in automobiles, current automotive electronics continue to increase the proportion of vehicle manufacturing, especially cockpit electronics such as full LCD instruments and in-vehicle infotainment The system, 360 surround view, streaming media rearview mirror, IoV module, various ADAS, etc., have become a mainstream configuration of new cars in the past two years.
However, it is limited by the computing power of the chip and the different functional safety requirements of different applications. Previously, each function of the smart cockpit required a different dedicated chip to achieve. This not only increased the complexity of R & D and investment in R & D of car companies. It is also more difficult to further expand functions on existing systems. Therefore, in the past two years, companies have continuously explored the integration and development of cockpit electronics and intend to drive more applications through a single chip. Allwinner Technology is one of them.
The leading domestic manufacturer of intelligent application processor SoC and analog chips, at the just-opened 2018 Asian CES, officially released its vehicle regulation (AEC-Q100) platform processor T7 for the digital cockpit. According to Mr. Hu Dongming, general manager of Quanzhi car networking business department, this is the SoC that Quanzhi specifically created for the new generation of intelligent cockpits. This processor can meet the requirements of infotainment systems, digital instruments, 360 surround view systems, ADAS, DMS, streaming The operation requirements of many different intelligent systems such as media rearview mirrors and cloud mirrors allow car companies to develop the above products with only one chip, thus helping OEMs to reduce costs and increase efficiency while improving The scalability of cockpit electronic products meets the intelligent change. Relevant persons in charge from QNX, Horizon, Xingmin Zhitong, Hongjing Electronics and other enterprises attended the conference and played CALL for "China Chip"! At the same time, Horizon, Xingmin Zhitong, Hongjing Electronics and Quanzhi Technology signed a strategic cooperation agreement.
It is understood that as a platform chip developed by Allwinner for the front-mounted smart cockpit, T7 completed IC development as early as 2017. The chip fully conforms to the AEC-Q100 Grade3 specification from VF design, process, packaging and testing It is the first domestic independent platform SoC chip that has passed the car regulation certification, which marks the design capability of Quanzhi and China Chip IC has risen to a new level. The chip CPU uses Hexa-core A7, the GPU uses Mali-400 MP4, and supports the industry's most advanced 1080P60 265 codec, and MIPI & LVDS & RGB and other display interfaces.
As a platform SoC, T7 has strong compatibility, not only can it support the research and development needs of the current mainstream smart cabin product form, but also can adapt to three different in-vehicle operating systems of Android, Linux, and QNX, helping different partners to quickly advance Product mass production. Taking entertainment control as an example, from the perspective of Allwinner Technology, in the future, the company will show the development trend of flat delivery, multi-screen display, and multi-functional integration. Therefore, based on the T7 processor, Allwinner Technology has completed this program R & D.
Mr. Hu Dongming, general manager of the car networking business department of Quanzhi Technology
Allwinner's T7 entertainment central control has realized dual-screen different display, and can support the integration of multiple functions such as navigation, 360 surround view, DVR, DMS, ADAS, etc., built-in 3 analog MIC inputs, cost-effective support for voice delivery. At present, the Android 7.1 car machine SDK version equipped with the T7 processor has been released. Allwinner Technology will support Hongjing Electronics, Wuhan Bluestar Technology and other companies to develop Linux and Chinese operating system car solutions, and will release a fully functional Linux SDK version at the end of August. The T7 central control machine will be installed in large quantities in July, and will be installed in large quantities in the front loading plant by the end of the year.
In terms of instrumentation, since T7 supports 3D open GL ES2.0, 2D hard acceleration engine, image rotation (rotation degree: V / H / 0/90/180/270), 300M pixel / sec, and 1080p resolution 60fps frame rate The high-definition display can not only make the LCD instrument more stable and sensitive, but also create a cool 3D effect. It conforms to the current development trend of the instrument and has strong support from QNX. According to Hu Dongming, the T7 Linux instrument SDK version based on the chip has also been released. At the end of August, Allwinner Technology will release the T7 QNX instrument SDK version, which will greatly improve the development efficiency of partners and reduce the cost of the whole machine. Quanzhi Technology's T3 QNX instrument product is expected to be the first to be mass-produced in car companies.
In addition, based on the T7 processor, Allwinner Technology's faster-moving products also have 360 ​​surround view solutions, most domestic algorithm factories are Design in. It is reported that in this solution, thanks to the T7's 4-channel 1080P 360 3D panoramic processing capabilities, it also supports digital high-definition transmission and AHD interfaces, built-in dual ISP, fast cold start, 2s display surround view startup and other highlight technologies, which can achieve 3D HD 360 panoramic images, while ensuring low latency and quick start of the system. At present, Allwinner Technology has released the T7 Linux 360 surround view SDK and T7 Android 7.1 version. It is expected that the whole machine will be mass-produced in the post-installation market in August, and the whole machine will be installed in batches before the end of the year.
In terms of ADAS and DMS, Allwinner Technology has built-in acceleration module EVE for T7, and the detection of vehicles is 20 times faster than that of single-core A7, and the power consumption is greatly reduced. The built-in dual ISP can support HDR, realize digital wide dynamic, 3D noise reduction and other functions. In this field, Allwinner Technology and Horizon strategic cooperation. The first phase is based on the T7 built-in horizon algorithm solution, which is packaged and provided to customers to deal with the auxiliary Security market, greatly reducing the development of ADAS solutions and the cost of the entire machine. In development, it is expected to enter mass production by the end of the year. For higher-level ADAS systems, Allwinner Technology and Horizon have also formulated corresponding technical routes, namely "T7 + Horizon AI chips and algorithms", to meet the ever-evolving technical requirements of the market. The solution is expected to be developed in 2019 and 2020 Year to market.
Hu Dongming said that in addition to the cockpit products delivered by the above multi-eye vision, the T7 also supports some monocular camera product forms, such as streaming media rearview mirrors and class 360 enhanced reversing rearview. The former benefits from the T7's 60-frame image processing performance, which can greatly reduce the delay, and supports strong light suppression, anti-ghosting, T3 has achieved very good results in Cadillac streaming rearview mirror. For the latter, the related monocular algorithms and SDKs are currently mature.
It can be said that with the continuous development of artificial intelligence and Internet of Vehicles technology, the automobile is continuously developing in the direction of human-computer interaction with longer time, deeper level and higher frequency. In this general environment, how to quickly meet market demand is the terminal The provision of more intelligent products by users is an urgent problem to be solved by all "players" in the smart car industry chain.
The launch of Quanzhi Technology ’s T7 vehicle-regulated platform-type digital cockpit processor has solved this pain point very well, making it possible for partners to develop cockpit electronic products at low cost and high efficiency. Based on the T7 processor, Allwinner Technology has also formed a complete ecological operation in each of the above-mentioned subdivisions. It has established a good relationship with relevant TIER1 suppliers, solution developers, operating system developers and third-party technology providers. Partnership. For the future, Hu Dongming said that Allwinner will insist on long-term investment and value creation in technology, product delivery and customer service, and gain a leading position to better meet the intelligent transformation of the automotive market!
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