MIPS has launched the MIPS P8700 Series RISC-V processor, which is designed to meet the low-latency, highly intensive data movement demands of ADAS and autonomous vehicles (AVs).
The P8700 delivers accelerated compute, power efficiency and scalability. Usual solutions for ADAS and AVs rely on embedding a higher number of cores at higher clock rates. The P8700 uses multithreaded and power-efficient architecture that allows customers to implement fewer CPU cores and lower thermal design power (TDP) than competitor products.
This allows OEMs to develop ADAS solutions in an affordable and highly scalable manner. It also mitigates the bottlenecks of data movement inefficiency by providing efficient and lower power-latency-sensitive solutions tailored for interrupt-laden multisensor platforms.
For L2+ ADAS systems with AI autonomous software stacks, the MIPS P8700 can also offload core processing elements that cannot be easily quantized in deep learning, resulting in around 30% better AI stack software use and efficiency.
Sameer Wasson, the CEO of MIPS, said, “The MIPS multi-threading and other architectural hooks tailored for automotive applications make it a compelling core for data-intensive processing tasks. This will enable automotive OEMs to have high-performance compute systems that consume less power and better utilize AI accelerators.”
The MIPS P8700 featuring multicore/multicluster and multithreaded CPU IP is now progressing toward series production with major OEMs. It is now available to the broader market, with key partnerships already in place, such as with Mobileye.