The S32J family shares a common switch core, NXP NETC, with NXP’s latest S32 microcontrollers and processors, allowing them to operate together as one expanded virtual switch. The common networking switch core simplifies integration and software reuse with other solutions within the recently announced NXP CoreRide platform and offers OEMs more re-configurable networking choices.
The S32J provides 80Gbps bandwidth with ports ranging from 10Mb to 10Gb, and powerful dual Arm Cortex-R52 cores that can address the diverse requirements of new vehicle architectures. The S32J devices meet TSN automotive standards and provide robust ASIL-D safety, hardware security engine (HSE) and MACsec ports for mixed-critical data traffic.
The combination of the S32J family with the NXP CoreRide platform provides production-grade networking solutions with pre-integrated software and tooling. The solutions include a complete software enablement kit for HSE and MACsec security, TSN stacks and remote configuration and monitoring capabilities.
A virtual development kit for the S32J family will be available by the end of 2024 and the solution will be available to OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers in 2025.
“The transition to software-defined vehicles requires OEMs to simplify their network architectures and reduce the software and hardware integration complexity,” said Meindert van den Beld, senior vice president and general manager of in-vehicle networking at NXP. "The S32J and NXP CoreRide networking solutions provide production-ready building blocks for these new software-defined network architectures.”
The NXP CoreRide platform marks a major step forward in helping automakers overcome software and hardware integration barriers, while scaling development efforts for new architectures in software-defined vehicles (SDVs).
The platform integrates NXP’s S32 compute, networking, system power management with middleware, OSes and other software from a broad range of automotive software providers, including Accenture ESR Labs, ArcherMind, Blackberry QNX, Elektrobit, ETAS, Green Hills Software, Sonatus, Synopsys, TTTech Auto, Vector Informatik, and Wind River, Tier-1 suppliers like Valeo as well as integration service providers like Foxconn.
