The move by NXP is intended to enable the companies to develop safer, more reliable and scalable solutions for autonomous driving, combining NXP Automotive solutions and Kalray MPPA (Massively Parallel Processor Array) Intelligent Processors.
The move will look to strengthen the existing partnership between NXP and Kalray, announced at CES in 2019, targeting the development and deployment of a L2 (Partial Driving Automation) to L5 (Full Vehicle Automation) common hardware and software platforms.
NXP and Kalray intend to bring an integrated, scalable solution to the automotive market that will include CPU processing, neural network computing, functional safety capabilities, and an optimised tool chain, to address the requirements for next-generation ADAS and automated driving systems.
The agreement will also see NXP supporting Kalray in term of sales, marketing, automotive expertise and global technical support.
The next generation of the NXP BlueBox autonomous driving reference platform with NXP’s S32 family of safe automotive processors and automotive grade Layerscape processors is set to integrate Kalray’s MPPA Intelligent Processors and provide it to both automotive customers and NXP BlueBox eco-system.
