AMD Expands Cost-Optimized Automotive Product Family with Newest Members

In the automotive market, edge sensors such as LiDAR, radar, and 3D surround view camera systems are becoming increasingly popular, especially with the widespread adoption of autonomous driving. As more sensors are required for autonomous driving, the demand for faster signal processing, lower device cost, and smaller form factor is also increasing. In addition, functional safety is also critical for many of these autonomous driving applications.

To meet these market needs, our AMD Automotive (XA) Artix™ UltraScale+™ family welcomes two new products: XA AU10P and XA AU15P cost-optimized processors, both of which meet automotive standards and are optimized for advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) sensor applications. Artix UltraScale+ devices expand AMD's automotive-grade, functional safety-verified, highly scalable FPGA and adaptable SoC camp, joining the automotive-grade Spartan™ 7, Zynq™ 7000 and Zynq UltraScale+ product families.

The automotive-grade Artix UltraScale+ processor is functional safety certified to ASIL-B, which is critical for automotive ADAS sensors from cameras to LiDAR, enabling our customers - automakers, robotaxi developers and Tier 1 suppliers - to accelerate the creation of autonomous vehicles.

“As automotive systems become more complex, safety is more important than ever, and automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers are requiring ASIL-B certification for LiDAR, radar and smart edge sensor applications. With the introduction of the new XA Artix UltraScale+ devices, AMD is demonstrating its continued commitment and investment in the latest functional safety solutions to serve the automotive market.”

Several customers are already designing next-generation ADAS edge systems based on the new devices, including a leading LiDAR company that will deploy XA Artix UltraScale+ devices for autonomous driving applications. Automotive designers can use these devices for sensor fusion, importing data from multiple edge sensors and performing image and video processing before porting it to an external SoC. In addition, the new XA Artix UltraScale+ devices can also be connected to multiple displays in the vehicle to enhance infotainment capabilities.

Available now, these new cost-optimized XA Artix FPGAs deliver high serial bandwidth and signal compute density in an ultra-compact form factor. Artix UltraScale+ devices maximize system performance through DSP bandwidth for cost-sensitive and low-power ADAS edge applications including networking, vision and video processing, and secure connectivity.

AMD in Automotive

As the pace of innovation in the automotive industry continues to accelerate, the demand for high-performance computing, accelerators and graphics technologies is also strengthening. With the industry's rich high-performance CPU, GPU, FPGA and adaptive SoC product lines, AMD is at the forefront of this inflection point. From in-vehicle infotainment systems to functional safety-critical applications such as advanced driver assistance systems, autonomous driving and connected car applications, AMD can provide automakers with a one-stop service for chip and software solutions.