NXP ARM S32
NXP ARM S32 is an automotive processor and microcontroller designed and manufactured by the globally acting NXP Semiconductors N.V. as headquartered in the Netherlands.
With the S32 family of processors and microcontrollers NXP targets customers in the automotive market. The two major streams are the S32V for ADAS and the S32K for general purpose automotive applications.
The S32V and S32K products are based on ARM Cortex-A and Cortex-M processors, respectively.
The S32V234 vision processor is the first of the S32V family launched in March 2015. Offers solutions for ADAS Advanced Driver Assistance Systems focusing in vision and sensor fusion applications. The S32V has 4 x ARM Cortex-A53 based processors, for management of ADAS tasks along with an ARM Cortex-M4 based processor to enable automotive operating systems such as AUTOSAR to control interfaces to external devices. 2 x APEX-2 image processing engines to allow the processing of incoming image data and an image signal processor to perform image housekeeping tasks such as HDR and color conversion and a 3D graphics processing unit to render 3D images. And embedded security providing protection against IP theft and malicious hacking.[1]
The S32K microcontroller for general purpose automotive applications (GPIS) was launched in June 2015 is based on an ARM Cortex-M4 core. This is a 32-bit microcontroller with DSP functionality and floating point support. Up to 2 MB flash and 4 KB EEPROM and automotive grade safety with support of the ISO 26262 and security through the microcontroller’s hardware security engine. It offers CAN-FD, LIN, SPI, I2C and FlexIO communication protocol emulation. With a 2.7 V to 5.5 V voltage range.[2]