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NXP teams up with Hawkeye in Chinese automotive radar market

April 26, 2019 by Anna

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced a new strategic collaboration and investment agreement with Hawkeye Technology Co., Ltd, a company at the forefront of the Chinese automotive radar sector.

Hawkeye will bring its 77GHz expertise, a team of engineers and a lab complex within Southeast University in Nanjing, China.

Together, the two companies will form a reference design collaboration that uses top engineering talent at Southeast University and NXP’s longstanding radar expertise, to create NXP-based reference designs for the Chinese automotive market.

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NXP and Kalray partner on autonomous driving computer platform

February 1, 2019 by Anna

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced a new strategic partnership with Kalray, a pioneer in processors for new intelligent systems.

The partnership will combine NXP’s portfolio of functional safety products for ADAS and Central Compute with Kalray’s high-performance intelligent MPPA (Massively Parallel Processor Array) processors.

The new platform is significant because it addresses the performance, safety and near-term commercial needs of levels 2 and 3 driving with an eye to longer-term release in level 4 and 5 autonomous vehicles.

NXP and Kalray partner to develop platform for autonomous driving

January 10, 2019 by Sam Francis

NXP Semiconductors has agreed a new strategic partnership with Kalray, a designer of processors for new intelligent systems.

The partnership will combine NXP’s scalable portfolio of functional safety products for advanced driver assistance systems and central compute with Kalray’s high-performance intelligent “Massively Parallel Processor Array” processors.

NXP to support Open Neural Network Exchange format

December 18, 2018 by Anna

NXP Semiconductors is to support the Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX) format within its edge intelligence environment (eIQ).

NXP’s eIQ is a comprehensive machine learning (ML) toolkit that helps original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) balance performance needs and system cost when deploying neural networks and their associated inference engines at the edge.

ONNX is an open standard for representing deep learning models that enables trained models to be transferred between existing Artificial Intelligent (AI) frameworks.

NXP launches automotive radar solution

October 9, 2018 by Anna

NXP Semiconductors N.V., leader in automotive radar 2, has expanded its radar portfolio with an automotive radar solution that combines its S32R processors, RF Transceiver and Antenna design on a new reference platform.

Created through a partnership with Colorado Engineering, the company says its solution is the only currently available automotive-grade radar development platform designed to meet the stringent functional, performance, and safety requirements of the industry.

This new radar solution is designed to accelerate the development and deployment of radar into production vehicles and includes a full portfolio of tools that aim to lower development costs and spur radar application adoption worldwide.

NXP and Hitachi team up on V2X for autonomous driving

September 26, 2018 by Anna

NXP Semiconductors N.V., the world’s largest supplier of automotive semiconductors, and Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., a V2X software platforms specialist, have announced a partnership to develop a new V2X solution targeted at the Japanese market.

V2X technology allows vehicles to “see” around corners and communicate with other cars and infrastructure. It is instrumental in safety critical applications such as platooning and emergency braking and delivers low latency for real-time communication.

The technology also operates in a range that exceeds one mile, even in areas where cellular network connections are not available.

NXP contributes to smart city initiative in Columbus, Ohio

July 16, 2018 by Anna

NXP Semiconductors N.V. has announced the next phase in its Smart City collaboration with Columbus, Ohio. NXP will contribute key technologies for smart and safe mobility to the Smart Columbus Experience Center, which opened on June 30, 2018.

The centre allows visitors to see how new mobility options, such as connected, autonomous, shared and electric vehicles, can help make Columbus a more connected community.

Hands-on educational experiences and technology demonstrations aim to show visitors how technology and innovation in transportation can grow the local economy and create ladders of opportunity for central Ohio residents.

NXP and AliOS partner on smart cockpits

May 29, 2018 by Anna

Automotive semiconductor supplier NXP Semiconductors and AliOS, the operating system for Internet of Things solutions developed by Alibaba Group, have entered into a partnership to further drive the development of smart cars in China.

The partnership aims to install the AliOS system and NXP’s automotive infotainment solution in millions of vehicles in China by 2020.

The collaboration will help build a next-generation smart cockpit enhanced by multi-screen display, artificial-intelligence-driven interaction and secure Over-the-Air updates.

NXP and JD.com partner to develop internet of things and artificial intelligence in China

May 21, 2018 by Jasmine

NXP Semiconductors has reached a strategic agreement with Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com to collaborate on the development of internet of things and artificial intelligence solutions, products and services.

The joint effort will leverage and combine JD.com’s expertise and capabilities in e-commerce and data analysis as well as operations in finance, logistics and marketing, with innovative technologies from NXP in the field of security, IoT, AI and edge computing to establish an integrated IoT ecosystem of products, services and operations for the China market and beyond.

In recent years, with the rapid advancement of technology and the growing market demand, the IoT industry has developed rapidly. [Read more…] about NXP and JD.com partner to develop internet of things and artificial intelligence in China

NXP launches new version of the Linux operating system customised for industrial operations

December 1, 2017 by David Edwards

NXP has launches what it describes as a “community-based industrial Linux distribution for Industry 4.0”.

Open Industrial Linux, or OpenIL, provides immediate access to industrial time-sensitive networking technology, says NXP.

NXP Semiconductors is best known for making computing chips but also has a big business in connectivity solutions, which is what Industry 4.0 is about – connecting machines to the internet. [Read more…] about NXP launches new version of the Linux operating system customised for industrial operations