NXP and Zendar Inc. Accelerate the Development of High-Resolution Radar
02 Novembre 2023 - 9:00AM
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) today announced the
investment in and collaboration with Zendar Inc., a software
start-up dedicated to revolutionizing autonomous vehicle systems
with high-resolution radar. The investment aims to accelerate and
improve high-resolution radar solutions for autonomous driving (AD)
and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to complement NXP’s
leading scalable radar portfolio.
NXP and Zendar will collaborate on enhanced high-resolution
radar systems for automotive applications by leveraging Distributed
Aperture Radar (DAR), a technology developed by Zendar that allows
a simplified system solution approach. The investment reinforces
NXP’s technology leadership in the automotive radar market while
strengthening the ecosystem, which marks the next step towards
improved road safety.
Both AD and ADAS applications require high-resolution sensing to
ensure the vehicle moves safely on the road. DAR offers a smart
path to enhance the resolution of high-performance radar systems
while eliminating the need for thousands of antenna channels. It
coherently fuses information from multiple radar sensors on a
vehicle to create a larger effective antenna that achieves
unprecedented sensing resolution. The technology enables
high-angular resolution below 0.5 degrees, offering lidar-like
performance which is essential for precise mapping of the
environment, whereas conventional radar sensors operate between 2
and 4 degrees. In addition, DAR offers further potential to enhance
the resolution through flexible mounting techniques.
The radar solutions will be based on NXP’s widely adopted S32R
radar processor platform and RFCMOS SAF8x one-chip SoCs, which are
tailored to cover car OEMs’ ever diversifying vehicle architectures
and help accelerate the transition toward distributed
architectures. Car makers and Tier 1 suppliers will benefit from
high-resolution systems developed with substantially simplified
standard radars with reduced thermal complexity and a smaller radar
footprint for flexible and convenient mounting.
“DAR technology is fundamentally early fusion from distributed
radar modules,” said Vinayak Nagpal, Co-Founder and CEO, Zendar
Inc. “NXP’s industry-leading radar portfolio is essential to deploy
DAR in automotive. The lidar-like performance of DAR is a
breakthrough for next-generation ADAS. I am excited to usher this
industry revolution in collaboration with NXP.”
“Zendar’s innovative technology combined with NXP’s
state-of-the-art radar portfolio aims to enable high-resolution
radar sensing for both, edge and upcoming distributed vehicle
architectures. Together with Zendar, we are bringing this exciting
new technology to the OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers,” said Steffen
Spannagel, SVP and GM, ADAS, NXP. “The comprehensive solution
allows flexible DAR processing either on the edge or zones to
support carmakers’ diverse ADAS vehicle architectures.”
AvailabilityApplication development can start
immediately, and the launch is expected to be scheduled for
next-generation OEM platforms.
NXP’s Radar PortfolioNXP offers a complete
suite of radar sensor solutions that is designed to surround
vehicles in a 360-degree safety cocoon. The scalable suite of
sensing solutions covers car OEMs’ ever-diversifying use cases and
architectures, from corner radar to high-resolution 4D imaging
radar. The S32R platform offers a common architecture for software
reuse and speedy development, a highly performant hardware security
engine (HSE), over-the-air (OTA) update support, and compliance
with the newest cybersecurity standards. The latest addition to
NXP’s scalable radar portfolio is the industry-first 28nm
RFCMOS radar one-chip IC family SAF85xx for
next-generation New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) applications.
For more information, please visit nxp.com/S32R
For more information about Distributed Aperture Radar (DAR)
solution, join us at NXP Tech Days Detroit,
November 7 - 8. Find more details and a link to registration
here.
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Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) brings together bright minds to
create breakthrough technologies that make the connected world
better, safer and more secure. As a world leader in secure
connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP is pushing
boundaries in the automotive, industrial & IoT, mobile, and
communication infrastructure markets while delivering solutions
that advance a more sustainable future. Built on more than 60 years
of combined experience and expertise, the company has approximately
34,500 team members in more than 30 countries and posted revenue of
$13.21 billion in 2022. Find out more at www.nxp.com.
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