PARIS — Resulting from a technological collaboration, STMicroelectronics NV (Geneva, Switzerland) and Mobileye NV (Amstelveen, The Netherlands) have sampled the second generation of system-on-chip (SoC) for vision-based driver assistance systems.
The EyeQ2 architecture, stated ST and Mobileye, was designed for intensive parallel processing to meet the challenges of vehicle vision applications. It combines ST's automotive design and manufacturing competencies with Mobileye's strength in video-based driver-assist systems.
The EyeQ2 SoC delivers a second-generation solution for computationally intensive applications for real-time visual recognition and scene interpretation, and has cabin-grade automotive qualification for use in intelligent vehicle systems, indicated the two partners. Among other functionalities, the EyeQ2 includes pedestrian detection, lane-departure warning, adaptive headlight control, traffic-sign recognition, collision avoidance and forward collision warning on one vision processor.
The chip architecture is designed to run an application on a single chip, and is programmable to accommodate a wide range of visual processing applications beyond automotive specific applications. EyeQ2 has been designed to support Mobileye Vision algorithms libraries.
The EyeQ2 is a 90-nm SoC, combining two hyper-threaded First Silicon MIPS32 34Kf soft cores, MobilEye VCE/VMP (Vision Computing Engine/Vector Microcode Processor) vector processors, 512 kB on-chip ISRAM, 16 DMA channels, and an array of peripherals for external communication, including: 2xCAN, 2xUART, I2C, 32GPIO, flash control, two input video channels of high resolution (4000 x 2000 pixels), and one output video channel with capabilities of synthetic graphic integration.
The two partners indicated that the first generation of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems, implemented on EyeQ1, is in production available on some Cadillac and Buick models, as well as on the Volvo XC90, V70, S80, and XC70, and the BMW Series 5.
