4.4 A 197mW 70ms-latency full-HD 12-channel video-processing SoC for car information systems

Today's car information systems (CIS) are growing into integrated cockpit systems, supporting not solely infotainment, such as navigation and AV playing/recording, but also driver assistance, such as surround view systems. Also, in-car video transfer via Ethernet is becoming widespread. Such networks connect camera modules, head unit controllers and rear-seat display units, and carry video signals encoded in H.264 according to EthernetAVB. Thus, it is necessary for integrated cockpit systems to handle significant amounts of video processing. A key requirement for such systems is also low power consumption and thermal management for stable operation.

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