Renesas electronics and TSMC announced together, cooperation development of 28 nm embedded flash memory (eFlash) process technology, production support a new generation of environmentally friendly vehicles with automatic micro controller (MCU) to drive a car. Adopt the new 28 nm process technology, production of automotive MCU is expected to provide samples, in 2017 began production in 2020.
Renesas and TSMC since 90 - nanometer technology era began to close cooperation develop MCU with on-chip flash memory products. In order to make the future of green cars and self-driving cars more efficient, more reliable, and the two sides in cooperation with 40 nm MCU platform and after four years of production, expand cooperation to 28 nm MCU development. Through this cooperation, high reliability and high speed advantage MONOSeFlash renesas technology, combined with high performance and low power consumption of TSMC 28 nm insulating layer high - k + metal gate (HKMG) technology, the world's top automobile MCU products, to support a wide range of applications, such as sensors and control of self-driving cars, electronic control unit (ECU) coordination between control, environmental protection car fuel efficient engine control frequency converter, and high efficiency electric motor control.
In order to meet the future self-driving cars for highly efficient and strict requirements, the safety of a new generation of MCU using 3 d radar monitoring the vehicle surroundings, in order to realize the high-precision sensor function, can integrate multiple sensor data, at the same time, and determine the real-time with autopilot operation required processing capacity. Can safely control autopilot function of ECU also need to quickly handle complex is a new generation of MCU control tasks (including failure and stable operation, safety, and support for the coordinated control between multiple ECU), and improve the energy efficiency and function of the overall system security. At the same time, in order to comply with more stringent emission regulations, the engine of a new generation of green cars need strong operational performance to control a new fuel system, it also needs a strong and large capacity of on-chip flash memory to accommodate larger firmware program. As the market is more and more high to the requirement of environmental protection, the electric vehicle (EV) and plug-in hybrid vehicle (PHV) also requires a longer life, which requires the MCU have higher operation efficiency and higher function integration, to control the motor of the higher efficiency, smaller frequency converter. Large capacity flash memory are indispensable, support countries and to more accurately environmental regulations and standards, and by way of air transport (OTA) wireless update the control program. In addition, have excellent performance and perfect the safety of MCU embedded flash technology to build security society must be a new generation of control technology, applied field including 4.0 industrial fields such as industrial and social infrastructure.
Through this cooperation developed by 28 nm eFlash technology, MCU program memory capacity will be comparable to the current highest 40 more than four times that of nanotechnology, efficiency will also enhance more than four times, meet the needs of a new generation of vehicle operation. Other strengthening characteristics of this new MCU product includes using multiple CPU cores, more advanced security, and supports a variety of interface standards.
Renesas executive vice President of big village long said: "the car industry is undergoing major transformation, a new generation of environmentally friendly vehicles and automated driving car is forthcoming, semiconductor technology and innovation is an important key to speed up a new generation of car development. I believe that with TSMC according to a new generation of MCU and technical cooperation, the future will be able to provide stable supply reassure customers. And we will aim to construct the ecological system of MCU, and continue to play the role of a good leader, to help promote MCU industry to move on."
TSMC's business development, deputy general manager of Dr Jin Pingzhong said: "working with renesas fulfilled we offer the competitive technology products to create maximum value for customers. By 28 nm TSMC technology of high performance and low energy consumption, we believe we will be able to show the optimization of advanced technologies, to meet the demand for innovation, a new generation of automotive products and between efficiency and cost competitive for customers status."
