Lattice unveils Lattice Drive solution stack to accelerate automotive application development
Lattice Semiconductor has introduced the Lattice Drive solution stack to enable the accelerated development of advanced, flexible Automotive system designs and applications. Expanding the company’s application software solution stack portfolio to the Automotive market, Lattice Drive is designed for automotive applications including in-vehicle infotainment display connectivity and data processing, ADAS (advanced driver assistance systems) sensor bridging and processing, and low power zonal bridging applications for driver, cabin, and vehicle monitoring.
“The Automotive industry is evolving and cars are getting smarter than ever with new technological advancements, notably with zonal architectures requiring varied sensors and displays across vehicle models. Now more than ever, manufacturers need solutions that enable them to innovate while maintaining flexibility for future updates,” says Bob O’Donnell, president and chief analyst, TECHnalysis Research. “Lattice software solutions offer a significant benefit to their customers, making it easier for them to integrate Lattice’s low power, small size, and scalable FPGAs (field programmable gate arrays) into a variety of applications, now include advance automotive solutions.”
“Combining software solutions from the start in your application design process is critical for time-to-market acceleration,” says Esam Elashmawi, chief strategy and marketing officer at Lattice Semiconductor. “We are excited to introduce our sixth software application-specific solution stack, Lattice Drive, delivering advanced Automotive application features to make it easier than ever for our customers to develop innovative in-vehicle experiences based on our low power FPGA solutions.”
The initial release of Lattice Drive focuses on in-vehicle infotainment display connectivity and data processing, offering:
- Advanced display connectivity and processing
- Enables multi-resolution scaling and supports display sizes up to 4K
- Supports DisplayPort up to HBR (high bit rate) 3 at 8.1 Gbps per lane
- Provides image/video enhancement with a scalable full array local dimming solution
- Multiple display connectivity
- Allows for bridging multiple displays, providing up to 1.5X faster DisplayPort interface than competitive devices in similar class
- Efficient data processing
- Enables ability to process or co-process data to offload the CPU (central processing unit) with up to 75% lower power than competitive devices in a similar class
The Lattice Drive solution stack provides solutions that combine reference platforms and designs, demos, IP (internet protocol) building blocks, and FPGA design tools to accelerate customer application development and time-to-market. The Lattice solution stacks portfolio includes solutions for market applications including AI (artificial intelligence) with Lattice sensAI, embedded vision with Lattice mVision, factory automation with Lattice Automate , Platform Firmware Resiliency Root of Trust with Lattice Sentry, 5G ORAN (open radio access network) deployment with Lattice ORAN, and now advanced adaptable automotive designs with Lattice Drive.
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