Green Hills Software has introduced a support package, including its Integrity high reliability RTOS, for Fujitsu Semiconductor’s Emerald and Jade graphics processors, which are targeted primarily at driver assistance and automotive infotainment applications.
Fujitsu’s Emerald processor, based on a Cortex-A9 processor core, delivers a 360-degree wraparound view in automotive applications and is particularly well suited for virtual instrument clusters.
"Modern semiconductor devices are extremely complex forcing vendors to add more and more value to their products that enables the design-in and development of competitive customer products. A strong partnership between hardware and software vendors is essential to be successful,” said Markus Mierse, GCC director at Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe.
Emerald also has an integrated ARM-Neon-SIMD engine and features four video input ports that enable simultaneous processing of different high resolution video images.
Using Fujitsu’s system, the driver sees images from four cameras that are combined to appear as if taken from a bird’s-eye view. These video images are projected onto a virtual 3D-curved surface and are displayed with much less distortion than in conventional systems.
“Driver assistance and information systems constitute the most visible area of advance for consumers. Fujitsu has created a family of devices that push the bar higher and, together," said Christopher Smith, v-p marketing, Green Hills Software.
Fujitsu’s Jade chip incorporates an ARM926EJ-S CPU core, together with an enhanced version of the Coral PA graphic processor and a number of external interfaces.
Jade is aimed at applications such as on-board and mobile navigation systems, graphical dashboard systems, HUD (head-up display) units and rear-seat entertainment systems.
The board support packages for Fujitsu Semiconductor’s Emerald and Jade graphics processors were developed at Green Hills Software’s European Technical Centre in the Netherlands.
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