Director General of Infineon Reinhard Ploss in an interview with EE Times told the resource, which place the company devotes itself to the rapidly growing market for automotive electronics. Let's start with the fact that Infineon last year's sold 10 million. Components for automotive radars, and is identical to the sales volume with the results of all previous years of activity in this area. The second important for automotive automation product type - is optical sensors, so-called "lidar", which allow to determine the relative position of obstacles around the car and en route. Finally, Infineon managed to advance in the creation of specialized chambers, watching the behavior of the driver. They are able to create a three-dimensional picture of the interior of the car under all lighting conditions. This camera allows you to determine the degree of automation on-board involvement of the driver in driving the process. In addition, it is possible to instill some security-service functions - the vehicle itself will recognize trusted drivers and on-board systems to change the profile settings for their preferences.
The challenge for developers maximum "autopilot", according Plossa - create a vehicle with the reliability of an airliner on the price of the car. An important role in ensuring the reliability of on-board systems will play "component-guards", who will be able to switch the vital subsystem to backup power in case of failures in the power supply or start the algorithm smooth and safe emergency stop in the event of failure of the control systems. Such solutions Infineon releases - they are part of Aurix platform, which is certified according to the requirements of ASIL-D security. According to Infineon , Intel and NVIDIA representatives developed microprocessors for automotive "autopilot" can not work without microcontrollers Aurix, if they hope to meet the requirements of ASIL-D in terms of safety. It is unlikely that Intel and NVIDIA like microcontrollers built into their own solutions, because these products are different specifics of development and certification.
Infineon compares their products with the human nervous system, which is capable of controlling somatic processes even in the absence of clear consciousness. When building a system of automatic vehicles control , according to the head of the company, you can not rely solely on the reliability of large-scale processors .
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