Altera launches automotive in-cabin infotainment development platform
By siliconindia   |   Wednesday, 22 October 2008, 02:10 IST
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Bangalore: Altera announced the availability of Platform ASSP Replacement Infotainment System (P.A.R.I.S.) to automotive designers, OEMs developing infotainment, navigation, comfort and convenience, and drivers-assistance systems. Jointly developed with Gleichmann Electronics Research GmbH, the P.A.R.I.S. Platform delivers a complete development environment, including tools, intellectual property (IP) and software, dramatically easing the development of automotive in-cabin systems. Altera will be demonstrating the P.A.R.I.S. Platform at the Convergence 2008 show at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. Altera's FPGA-based P.A.R.I.S. Platform includes pre-verified IP from more than a dozen third-party hardware and software vendors. Using the P.A.R.I.S. Platform, automotive designers can easily expand the functions of their automotive systems and seamlessly migrate their FPGA-based systems across multiple vehicle classes. This approach significantly reduces the lengthy and costly design cycle of fixed-function ASSPs. The third-party IP partners currently supported within the P.A.R.I.S. Platform include Altia, Bosch, Embwise, Emsys, Eureka, Evatronix, ExpressLogic, Omnivision, SMSC, SpriritDSP, and TES. P.A.R.I.S. Platform which is integrated in an infotainment system-on-a-chip (SoC) into an Altera Stratix III FPGA runs on an Altera Nios II embedded processor. The platform features a graphical user interface (GUI) with LCD touch screen, and performs functions that include streaming encoded audio files (MP3 or WAV), audio decoding, audio routing and a Media Oriented System Transport (MOST) interface. Other capabilities of the P.A.R.I.S. Platform includes a lane departure warning application, 3D graphics features, a multi-view camera mosaic application, fisheye correction capabilities and single-chip analog cluster control. Robert Blake, Vice President, Automotive and Consumer Business Unit, Altera said, "The automotive electronics industry is experiencing tremendous growth as car manufacturers incorporate greater levels of functionality in their in-cabin systems. The P.A.R.I.S. Platform gives automotive designers a highly efficient way to expand their system in a cost-effective manner, while meeting critical time-to-market windows."

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