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/SuperH system-on-chips for the automotive industry.

Overview

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

R-Car is organized 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 platforms, were manufactured on TSMC's 40 nm process.

	List of 1st Generation R-Car SoCs
	Processor							GPU
Model	Price	Process	Launched	Cores	Cores	Frequency	Max Mem	Name	Frequency
E1	$ 30.00 € 27.00 £ 24.30 ¥ 3,099.90	40 nm 0.04 μm 4.0e-5 mm	June 2012	Cortex-A9	1	533 MHz 0.533 GHz 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	November 2011	Cortex-A9, SH-4A	5	800 MHz 0.8 GHz 800,000 kHz , 1,000 MHz 1 GHz 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	400 MHz 0.4 GHz 400,000 kHz	1 GiB 1,024 MiB 1,048,576 KiB 1,073,741,824 B 9.765625e-4 TiB	PowerVR SGX531
M1A	$ 70.00 € 63.00 £ 56.70 ¥ 7,233.10	40 nm 0.04 μm 4.0e-5 mm	June 2012	Cortex-A9, SH-4A	2	800 MHz 0.8 GHz 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	$ 65.00 € 58.50 £ 52.65 ¥ 6,716.45	40 nm 0.04 μm 4.0e-5 mm	June 2012	SH-4A	1	800 MHz 0.8 GHz 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
Count: 5

Second Generation

Second generation SoCs, integrated cockpit platforms, were manufactured on TSMC's 28 nm process.

	List of 2nd Generation R-Car SoCs
	Processor							GPU
Model	Price	Process	Launched	Cores	Cores	Frequency	Max Mem	Name	Frequency
E2		28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm	June 2016	Cortex-A7, SH-4A	3	1,000 MHz 1 GHz 1,000,000 kHz , 780 MHz 0.78 GHz 780,000 kHz	2 GiB 2,048 MiB 2,097,152 KiB 2,147,483,648 B 0.00195 TiB	PowerVR SGX540	260 MHz 0.26 GHz 260,000 KHz
H2		28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm	June 2014	Cortex A15, Cortex A7, SH-4A	9	1,500 MHz 1.5 GHz 1,500,000 kHz , 1,000 MHz 1 GHz 1,000,000 kHz , 780 MHz 0.78 GHz 780,000 kHz		PowerVR G6400	550 MHz 0.55 GHz 550,000 KHz
M2		28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm	June 2015	Cortex-A15, SH-4A	3	1,500 MHz 1.5 GHz 1,500,000 kHz		PowerVR SGX544	520 MHz 0.52 GHz 520,000 KHz
V2H		28 nm 0.028 μm 2.8e-5 mm	October 2016	Cortex-A15	2	1,000 MHz 1 GHz 1,000,000 kHz		PowerVR SGX531
Count: 4

Third Generation

Third generation SoCs, automotive computing platforms, are manufactured on TSMC's 16 nm process.

	List of 3rd Generation R-Car SoCs
	Processor							GPU
Model	Price	Process	Launched	Cores	Cores	Frequency	Max Mem	Name	Frequency
H3 (SiP)		16 nm 0.016 μm 1.6e-5 mm	March 2018	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57, Cortex-R7	9			PowerVR GX6650
H3		16 nm 0.016 μm 1.6e-5 mm	March 2018	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57, Cortex-R7	9			PowerVR GX6650
M3 (SiP)		16 nm 0.016 μm 1.6e-5 mm	October 2016	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57, Cortex-R7	7			PowerVR GX6250
M3		16 nm 0.016 μm 1.6e-5 mm	October 2016	Cortex-A53, Cortex-A57, Cortex-R7	7			PowerVR GX6250
Count: 4