Xilinx and Continental Collaborate to Create Auto Industry’s First Production-Ready 4D Imaging Radar for Autonomous Driving
September 23 2020 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) and Continental today announced that
Xilinx will power Continental’s new Advanced Radar Sensor (ARS) 540
with the Zynq® UltraScale+™ MPSoC platform, creating the automotive
industry’s first production-ready 4D imaging radar. The
collaboration enables newly-produced vehicles equipped with the
ARS540 to realize SAE J3016 Level 2 functionalities and will pave
the way toward Level 5 autonomous driving systems.
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4D imaging radar determines an object’s location in range,
azimuth, elevation, and relative speed to provide detailed
information about the driving environment not provided by earlier
automotive radar systems that capture only speed and azimuth.
Continental’s ARS540 is a premium, long-range 4D imaging radar with
high resolution and 300-meter range. Its wide, ± 60° field-of-view
enables multi-hypothesis tracking for precise prediction while
driving, which is critical for managing complex driving scenarios,
such as the detection of a traffic jam under a bridge. In addition,
the ARS540 system’s high horizontal and vertical resolution enables
detection of potentially hazardous objects on the road and responds
appropriately. By supporting SAE Level 2 where the human driver is
responsible for supervising vehicle control, and extending to fully
autonomous Level 5, the ARS540 showcases the scalable usage of the
sensor.
“The Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC platform delivers the high
performance and advanced DSP capabilities we needed to realize the
ARS540, combined with adaptability and a market-leading selection
of network interfaces capable of handling the wide array of antenna
data at extremely high aggregate transfer rates,” said Norbert
Hammerschmidt, head of program management radar at Continental.
“Continental recently won designs with leading European and US OEMs
and is in ongoing discussions with additional OEMs worldwide
regarding the ARS540. We are very proud to continue our
long-standing partnership with Xilinx and to now provide the market
with a technology that has the potential to save lives.”
The Xilinx Automotive (XA) Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC is an
adaptable platform that allows Continental’s 4D imaging radar to be
agnostic to multiple sensor-platform configurations and adapt to
OEM specification. Parallel processing within the device’s
programmable logic delivers optimal performance and enables the
fully independent, yet simultaneous processing pipelines that are
critical to the ARS540’s 4D sensing. The many digital signal
processing (DSP) slices enable hardware acceleration of real-time
radar sensor inputs.
Cédric Malaquin, technology & market analyst, RF Devices
& Technology at Yole Développement (Yole), commented, “4D
imaging radar provides greater range, field of view, and perception
and is a critical sensor enabling Level 2 to Level 5 developers to
deliver systems that help create a safer driving environment. We
expect 4D imaging radar to take place in luxury cars and Robotaxis
at first, leading to over US$550 million, a rise at a compound
annual growth rate (CAGR) of 124% between 2020 and 2025. Xilinx and
Continental, two innovative market leaders have an excellent
opportunity by teaming up to develop this new sensing modality.”
(1)
Willard Tu, senior director of automotive at Xilinx, added, “We
are extremely pleased to be powering the industry’s first
production-ready 4D imaging radar. The sophisticated features in
Continental’s ARS540 accelerate the wider adoption of autonomous
driving by bringing this advanced technology into passenger-owned
vehicles. The combination of Continental’s heritage in radar and
Xilinx’s legacy in adaptable silicon make this a very powerful
offering.”
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(1) Sources: Status of the Radar Industry report - Sensing and
Computing for ADAS Vehicle report, Yole Développement (Yole),
2020
About Xilinx
Xilinx develops highly flexible and adaptive processing
platforms that enable rapid innovation across a variety of
technologies – from the endpoint to the edge to the cloud. Xilinx
is the inventor of the FPGA, hardware programmable SoCs, and the
ACAP, designed to deliver the most dynamic processor technology in
the industry and enable the adaptable, intelligent, and connected
world of the future. For more information, visit
www.xilinx.com.
About Continental
Continental develops pioneering technologies and services for
sustainable and connected mobility of people and their goods.
Founded in 1871, the technology company offers safe, efficient,
intelligent, and affordable solutions for vehicles, machines,
traffic and transportation. In 2019, Continental generated sales of
€44.5 billion and currently employs more than 232,000 people in 59
countries and markets.
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