Renesas R-Car
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Developer	Renesas, ARM Holdings
Manufacturer	TSMC
Type	System on Chips
Introduction	2011 (announced) 2012 (launch)
µarch	Cortex-A9, Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57
Word size	32 bit 4 octets 8 nibbles , 64 bit 8 octets 16 nibbles
Process	40 nm 0.04 μm 4.0e-5 mm , 28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm , 16 nm 0.016 μm 1.6e-5 mm
Technology	CMOS

R-Car is a family of embedded high-end ARM system-on-chips for the automotive industry.

Overview

Introduced in 2011, R-Car is a family of high-end ARM SoCs for the automotive industry for various applications such as infotainment systems, human-machine interfacing, and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS).

R-Car is orginized into three classes:

• R-Car E - Entry-level/Emerging economics
• R-Car M - Mid-range SoC
• R-Car H - High-end/Premium class SoCs

Members

First Generation

Renesas' first generation SoCs, navigation platofrms, were manufactured on TSMC's 40 nm process.

	List of 1st Generation R-Car SoCs
Model	Process	Cores	Launched	Cores	Freq	Max Mem	Name	Freq
E1	40 nm 0.04 μm 4.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A9	June 2012	1	0.533 GHz 533 MHz 533,000 kHz	1 GiB 1,024 MiB 1,048,576 KiB 1,073,741,824 B 9.765625e-4 TiB	PowerVR SGX531	177 MHz 0.177 GHz 177,000 KHz
H1	40 nm 0.04 μm 4.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A9, SH-4A	November 2011	5	0.8 GHz 800 MHz 800,000 kHz , 1 GHz 1,000 MHz 1,000,000 kHz	2 GiB 2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 0.00195 TiB	PowerVR SGX543	250 MHz 0.25 GHz 250,000 KHz
L1	40 nm 0.04 μm 4.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A9		1	0.4 GHz 400 MHz 400,000 kHz	1 GiB 1,024 MiB 1,048,576 KiB 1,073,741,824 B 9.765625e-4 TiB	PowerVR SGX531
M1A	40 nm 0.04 μm 4.0e-5 mm	Cortex-A9, SH-4A	June 2012	2	0.8 GHz 800 MHz 800,000 kHz	1 GiB 1,024 MiB 1,048,576 KiB 1,073,741,824 B 9.765625e-4 TiB	PowerVR SGX540	200 MHz 0.2 GHz 200,000 KHz
M1S	40 nm 0.04 μm 4.0e-5 mm	SH-4A	June 2012	1	0.8 GHz 800 MHz 800,000 kHz	1 GiB 1,024 MiB 1,048,576 KiB 1,073,741,824 B 9.765625e-4 TiB	PowerVR SGX540	200 MHz 0.2 GHz 200,000 KHz
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