Arteris, Inc., one of the leading providers of semiconductor technology focused on accelerating AI innovation, has announced that its FlexNoC network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect IP has been licensed and deployed by Renesas Electronics for its latest R-Car Gen 5 SoC series. Designed for advanced driver-assistance (ADAS) and automated driving systems, these SoCs and their chiplet extensions rely on Arteris’ NoC IP to enable efficient data movement, supporting high-performance and energy-efficient AI-enabled platforms for next-generation autonomous vehicles.
The latest R-Car X5H SoC, currently in the sampling phase, enables high-speed image recognition and analyzes surrounding environments using data from automotive cameras, radar, and lidar. It delivers AI acceleration of up to 400 trillion operations per second (TOPS), with UCIe-based chiplet extensions that can boost performance by four times or more. Its integrated NPU and GPU engines, along with Arm CPU clusters, are connected through Arteris NoC interconnect IP, ensuring efficient, high-performance data movement.
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Built on TSMC’s 3 nm automotive process, the X5H SoC delivers a 30% to 35% reduction in power consumption compared to previous generations. This improvement helps reduce overall system costs by lowering cooling requirements while also extending vehicle driving range. It also supports compliance with ISO 26262 automotive safety integrity level (ASIL D) standards at the system level. These gains are enabled by the physical awareness and energy-efficient design capabilities of Arteris FlexNoC interconnect IP.
“Arteris provides high-performance, physically aware, and flexible interconnect technology, which is increasingly needed to meet the advanced requirements of state-of-the-art, software-defined vehicles,” said Aish Dubey, VP and head of SoC division, high performance computing, Renesas Electronics Corporation. “Arteris FlexNoC IP enables us to achieve the performance, power reductions, and functional safety for our next-generation ADAS SoCs for level 2+, 3 and even level 4 automated vehicles, while supporting chiplet extensions to scale AI performance.”
“Intelligent automotive SoC compute platforms increasingly need to deliver a smarter, safer and more connected experience and scale with future AI mobility demands via chiplets extensions,” said K. Charles Janac, president and CEO of Arteris. “We are pleased to continue to expand our collaboration with Renesas, including the work on R-Car Gen 5 SoCs, and provide the underlying connectivity and enablement of high-performance, energy-efficient and safe data movement for automotive innovations.”
FlexNoC interconnect IP enables efficient, high-performance network-on-chip designs for complex SoCs. Its advanced physical awareness capabilities help streamline development, enhance performance, reduce power consumption, and support functional safety requirements for mission-critical applications such as autonomous driving.
