The third-gen R-Car is further equipped with a “dual lock-step” Cortex-R7 MCU, security and stream engines, plus a more robust boot protection process

Source: linuxgizmos.com

It’s not really just about performance since this chip contains key safety and security features supporting ASIL B internally which enables a Tier1 to comply to ISO26262 ASIL D. This will be the new benchmark for automotive SOCs.

Spotify bested last year’s top streaming music app Pandora Radio from a global standpoint

Source: techcrunch.com

It was only a short while ago that automakers seemed happy to get Pandora running on their dash, what happens when this becomes the next 8-track? Auto development cycles will never match CE.

R-Car H3 also conforms to the ISO 26262 (ASIL-B) functionality safety for automotive

Source: www.automotiveworld.com

Perhaps the most important feature is out-of-the-box ASIL-B compliance enabling applications way beyond infotainment and into more complex ADAS, sensor fusion and autonomous driving. Support already for QNX, Integrity and Linux will enable quick development using the base of software already created for R-Car.

16nm technology speaks to the manufacturing team Renesas and its foundry have assembled to provide a sustained supply to the auto specific market (Renesas already shipping 887M MCUs per year to production cars). Incorporation of ARM A57/A53 cores is an impressing move to 64-bit along with key accelerators on die.

This part is not a promise, already shipping samples to customers and ready for SOP in 2019 car models. See it running at CES.

you pass, say, Stumptown Coffee,” he said, “your phone will ping and say, ‘Thanks for being a Prazo user. Come in for a free coffee.’

Source: www.automotiveitnews.org

For how many years has telematics promised to pay for itself through passive advertising? This is more complex than it looks, I can see Google pulling it off and they will with Android Auto apps and phone, not the car itself.

Tesla Motors has earned genuine respect in this area

Source: evannex.com

Good and clear recommendations to make connected cars safer:

1. Signed OTA updates, 2.  No direct internet connection, 3. Isolate FuSa components via gateways, 4. Industry standard encryption.

excellent growth opportunities for our Electrical business as the connectivity mega-trend drives increased requirements for data and signal management

Source: safecarnews.com

Lear may be a significant force to move DSRC further forward with the talent of an additional 45 more experts. 

produce electric cars using a non-traditional sales model

Source: www.theverge.com

Electric cars are expensive, so are iPhones. To reach the mass market there is a new sales model needed like the one Apple found.