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NEC and NEC Electronics Develop Microcomputer and Operating System Platform for Next-generation Automotive Information Systems

11th December 2007
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NEC Corporation and NEC Electronics Corporation have completed development of prototypes for a system LSI chip and operating systems that will serve as the platform for next-generation automotive information systems. The system LSI chip and OS were developed in collaboration with Toyota Motor Corp., Aishin AW Co., Ltd., and Denso Corp., and capitalizes on synergies between NEC's software expertise and NEC Electronics' device technologies. NEC will continue to collaborate with these three companies to implement the platform in Toyota vehicles equipped with multimedia information systems from 2010 onward. Furthermore, the NEC Group will encourage other automotive manufacturers and IT companies to adopt the platform with the goal of establishing the industry standard for automotive information systems.
NEC and NEC Electronics’ platform provides two key elements for future automotive information systems such as car navigation, audio, and telematics – improved communication between people, society, and vehicles and interfacing with external units that handle video, music, communications, and other functions – enabling timely responses to a wide range of user needs.
On this platform, the system LSI chip will be joined with the “control system OS” that governs vehicle control and body-related systems in real-time, as well as the “information system OS” that governs car navigation, audio systems, and communications, etc. These interactions will make it possible to easily provide rich user interfaces, as well as new functions such as vehicle control using digital maps, or road information and remote failure diagnosis services based on sensing and logging of vehicle conditions.
This new system LSI chip and OS utilizes a uniform architecture that helps shorten system development periods, facilitates efficient use of development resources, and enables ease of configuration and modification.

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