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NXP Announces New Automotive Processing Platform

Eight of the top 15 car makers have already adopted NXP S32 platform for upcoming models.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced an all new control and compute concept for connected, electric and autonomous cars. The NXP S32 platform is the world’s first fully-scalable automotive computing architecture, the company reported.

Soon to be adopted by both premium and volume automotive brands, it offers a unified architecture of microcontrollers/microprocessors (MCU/MPU) and an identical software environment across application platforms.
 
Automotive industry estimates reveal there are more lines of code in an advanced vehicle than a modern passenger aircraft. This complexity places carmakers and automotive suppliers under pressure to satisfy market expectations for higher electronic functionality within tightening time-to-market constraints.
 
Leading OEMs are now using pre-silicon emulation and development tools available from NXP’s key third party partners. 



Source: NXP

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