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NXP has announced a real-time processor for vehicle central control computers with 16 1.2GHz Arm Cortex-R52 processors. Hardware isolation and virtualisation are provided to allow sharing of on-die hardware between different code blocks without interaction “to support the consolidation of cross-vehicle electronic control units in vehicle central compute applications”, said NXP. “Vehicle functions can be independently managed, including fault handling ...

Renesas is aiming at industrial robots with a microcontroller that combines AI vision and real-time control processing. Called RZ/V2H, the ICs include the company’s DRP-AI3 ‘dynamically reconfigurable processor’ AI accelerator – recently revealed at ISSCC in San Francisco – in 10Top/s/W form. “Pruning technology employed in the DRP-AI3 accelerator improves AI computing efficiency, boosting inference performance to 80Top/s,” according to ...

The value of processing in real-time control systems is misunderstood but undeniable, says Meghana Manavazhi, of Texas Instruments. There are misconceptions around the role of processing in real-time control systems. It is easy, for example, to assume that it is tied only to the core CPU or MIPS, focusing purely on data crunching. Growing energy use – especially in grid ...

Renesas is aiming at applications that need a fast RTOS (real-time operating system) as well as a sophisticated user interface with a group of microcontrollers built around a single 1GHz 64bit Arm Cortex-A55 core. RZ/A3UL MCUs, as they will be known, are intended to boot FreeRTOS or Azure RTOS within one second. “This feature is ideal for systems that require ...

Imagination Technologies has announced its first real-time embedded RISC-V CPU. Called IMG RTXM-2200, the 32bit core is aimed at SoCs for networking, packet management, storage controllers, sensor management for AI cameras and smart metering, according to the company, which has revealed little more. Up to 128kbyte tightly coupled memory (instruction and data) can be provide for deterministic response, and Level ...

TI is aiming at high-speed factory automation and robotics with an all-real-time branch of its Sitara microcontroller family tree. Called the AM2x series, the MCUs have multiple Arm Cortex-Rx real-time cores and, unlike other Sitara devices, no Cortex-Ax application processors. The first members available will be numbered AM243x (see diagram) and have 800MHz Cortex-R5F cores. “The AM2x family only features ...

Siglent Technologies has added a pair of RF analysers to its range: an entry-level spectrum analyser, and a lower-end real-time spectrum analyser. SSA3032X-R (photo right) is the real-time spectrum analyser, with a maximum bandwidth of 9kHz to 3.2GHz (as opposed to 5GHz or 7.5GHz in the company’s faster real-time (‘-R’) versions). Specs shared with its two faster cousins include: 1Hz – ...

Symtavision, which specialises in timing analysis solutions for planning, optimising and verifying embedded real-time systems, has announced the release of SymTA/S 3.6 delivering up to 20x faster system distribution and worst-case analysis runtime performance.

Lauterbach says its TRACE32 tools can now offer proof of timing and code performance in real-time embedded systems. This is possible because the tool can now export task event based trace data for external timing analysis. This can be used to trouble shoot and detect complex errors that only occur during run-time conditions. The recorded program/data flow is time stamped to allow an overall ...

Guest columnists Martin Danzer, R&D head at Congatec and Gerd Lammers, managing director of Real-Time Systems, say that to minimise the cost of ownership of their systems many manufacturers rely on unified platform concepts for new developments. They will also try to combine different device applications in fewer components without compromising on operational safety.