Overview

R-Car V3H is a new system-on-chip (SoC) of Renesas autonomy™ platform for ADAS and automated driving, supporting Level 3 and above. It follows heterogeneous IP concept of Renesas autonomy platform™, giving the developer the choice of high performance computer vision at low power consumption, as well as flexibility to implement latest algorithms. (Note 2). The new R-Car V3H SoC is optimized for its application in stereo front cameras and achieving five times higher computer vision performance than its predecessor, R-Car V3M SoC. The R-Car V3H SoC is focused on architecture optimization for computer vision processing. It enables all relevant ADAS functions from NCAP (e.g. lane keeping, road sign detection and emergency braking) to fully automated driving.

Note 1: NCAP (New Car Assessment Program): A government car safety program tasked with evaluating new automobile designs for performance against various safety threats.

Features

1. 5x higher performance in comparison to the V3M SoC
2. Low power consumption hardware accelerators for key algorithms like Dense Optical Flow, Stereo Disparity and Object classification
3. Dedicated IP for CNN accelerates deep learning
4. Dual Image Signal Processor (ISP) that converts camera sensor signals for image creation and recognition processing
5. Open Solution for front camera supports by Renesas and its ecosystem of partners

R-Car V3H providing outstanding performance for stereo front cameras

System Block Diagram

R-Car V3H Specification

• Four 1.0-GHz Arm^® Cortex^®-A53 MPCore™ cores
• Dual Lockstep 800-MHz Arm^® Cortex^®-R7 core
• Memory controller for LPDDR4-3200 with 32 bits × 1 channel
• Image recognition engine (IMP-X5-V3H)
• Dedicated hardware accelerator for CNN, Dense Optical Flow, Stereovision and Object Classification
• Dual Image Signal Processor (ISP)
• Video Output (4 lanes × 1 channel LVDS, 1 channel digital)
• Video Input (4 lanes × 2 channels MIPI-CSI2, 2 channels digital)
• Gigabit Ethernet and AVB Ethernet
• PCI Express interface