March 1, 2023
Infineon leads a consortium of 30 companies and research bodies, equipped with 90 million euros for the development of a central computer for the cars of the future. “Our goal is to ensure the digital independence of the German and European automotive industry”
The German Research Ministry has established a new development group and tasked it with developing a motorized supercomputer that will serve as the nerve center of autonomous, electric and connected cars of the next generation. The group consists of 30 German software and electronics companies, system manufacturers for the automotive industry, German industrial giants such as Bosch and Continental, and leading research institutes, including: Fraunhofer and Karlsruhe. The project received a budget of more than 90 million euros, of which 46 million euros come directly from the state, and the rest from the partnership budgets for the group. This is one of the largest technological development projects currently being carried out in Germany.
The project that was inaugurated today (Wed), received the name Mannheim-CeCaS, which is an abbreviation of: CentralCarServer, and is intended to finish the development work in about three years. Infineon announced that it was chosen to lead the development project, during which a new computer will be designed that will be based on a dedicated silicon chip that it plans to produce using FinFET transistors. The company stated that the goal is to develop a computer that takes care of all the vehicle’s needs, starting with the management of the autonomous driving systems and sensors, the charging systems and the management of the electric power, the control of the mechanical systems and the communication systems and the information and entertainment systems.
The new computer will contain components of a dedicated ASIC, components of dedicated chips for artificial intelligence, high-speed communication modules and will adopt an adaptive approach at both the hardware and software levels. The goal is to develop a system that will successfully meet the certification requirements of the automotive industry (ASIL-D). The director of the automotive division at Infineon, Peter Schiffer (pictured above), said that the way the market enthusiastically received the driver assistance systems (ADAS) shows that there is still a lot of room for progress in the field of driving automation. “The goal of this project is to ensure the digital independence of the German and European automotive industry.”
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