Renesas announces high-performance, high-function SoC for high-end automotive display systems

TOKYO, JAPAN: Renesas Electronics Corp. and its subsidiary, Renesas Mobile Corp., an innovative supplier of advanced cellular semiconductor solutions and platforms, announced the availability of the new automotive systems-on-chip (SoC), the SH7769,
for high-end automotive display systems (graphics cluster, multifunction graphics display) supporting advanced human machine interfaces (HMI).

The new SH7769 SoC enhances such functions as video input, display output and high-reliability systems compared to Renesas’ existing SH-Navi3 (SH7776) SoC, which has been widely adopted for high-end automotive infotainment systems. The SH7769 SoC implements functions essential for automotive display systems, such as 3D graphics meters and central displays, markets that are expected to grow rapidly.

Due to the recent increase in demand to process enormous volumes of information through in-car network and multimedia systems, car information systems are required to deliver this information to the driver clearly and safely. The SH7769 SoC implements a high-function 3D graphics engine and display units, which allow 1600 x 480-pixel HD (high definition) video decoding.

A graphical user interface (GUI) display can be used to express and deliver a realistic instrument-cluster system and in-vehicle information to the driver. This GUI allows realistic 3D graphics display and improved operability.

Up to three video data streams can be processed simultaneously to provide a driver with information from external vehicle cameras, navigation systems, and night vision devices at the same time. The SH7769 SoC also contributes to the reduction of system costs by saving a number of external components by integrating such functions as NTSC decoder and an image render (IMR) function, which perform compensation of fish-eye image.

The SH7769 device is packaged in a 496-pin BGA (ball-grid array, 21x21 mm) package with a 0.8mm ball pitch. Samples of Renesas’ SH7769 SoC are available now, priced at $60 per unit. Mass production is scheduled to begin in June 2013 and is expected to reach a cumulative 30,000 units per month in June 2014. (Pricing and availability are subject to change without notice.)