CES｜Panasonic Automotive Systems launches in-vehicle computing system

According to foreign media reports, at the CES 2024 conference being held in Las Vegas, the automotive systems business unit of Japanese company Panasonic released a new platform. The company said that the new platform passed Reducing the number of electronic control units (ECUs) can make onboard computers faster and lighter.

The architecture, called a high-performance computing system, integrates multiple ECUs into a single core to handle in-vehicle functions such as driving support and entertainment, Panasonic Automotive Systems said in a statement.

Amid the global shift to electric vehicles , automakers are looking to differentiate themselves from rivals in software products, and several suppliers are working to help them in this area. Moreover, the popularity of electric vehicles will also promote the development of "software-defined vehicles" (SDV), that is, cars that can be upgraded through OTA.

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Panasonic Automotive Systems said its new system, called Neuron, will help reduce the cost, weight and integration complexity of vehicles by eliminating redundant components.

Panasonic Automotive Systems said that as cars increasingly rely on software, automotive systems must extend the life cycle of hardware through software upgrades. Cars rely on hardware and software computing platforms to process, share, sense and analyze data to achieve driver assistance functions. The company's Neuron supports not only software updates and upgrades, but also hardware upgrades across the platform lifecycle.

"By partnering with OEMs, Panasonic Automotive Systems designed this system and solved some of the industry's largest central computing platform challenges to make the driving experience more relevant," said Andrew Poliak, chief technology officer, Panasonic Automotive Systems America. Technology realizes simultaneous development. Neuron maximizes the performance, safety and innovation of models, and provides car companies with a future-oriented SDV platform to meet the travel needs of generations."