2.6 A 16nm 3.5B+ Transistor >14TOPS 2-to-10W Multicore SoC Platform for Automotive and Embedded Applications with Integrated Safety MCU, 512b Vector VLIW DSP, Embedded Vision and Imaging Acceleration

The 7th generation Jacinto™ SoC platform is an evolution of prior architectures [1], [2] and integrates new capabilities to support a wide set of applications, including automotive, industrial, and broad market. This drives a diverse set of requirements which need IP innovation and new techniques across the entire SoC stack including: high-reliability techniques for automotive, including circuit analysis and screening; new IP development including new DSP, signal processing and data movement architectures; embedded vision, machine learning, and imaging and video acceleration; new security and safety innovations, including an integrated safety MCU; dedicated security controller, and hardware features to enable ASIL-D support. This SoC platform and first implementation also integrates techniques for simplified power-supply management and support for cost-sensitive systems through on-die micro-architecture solutions.