Shih Ping
Pin Jia
Chuan Ding
You Shang
On December 10, 2019, leading semiconductor component distributor in the Asia-Pacific region — WPG Holdings announced
that its subsidiary Pin Jia has launched a dual operating system solution for automotive instrumentation and entertainment based on NXP’s (NXP) iMX8QM.
With the continuous development of the automotive industry, new vehicles all have an information panel that integrates maps, entertainment, and other functions (the so-called in-vehicle entertainment system). Currently, digital dashboards and in-vehicle entertainment systems consist of two independent chip systems, one for the digital dashboard and the other for the in-vehicle entertainment system. This architecture not only complicates system development but also drives up costs.
The dual operating system solution for automotive instrumentation and entertainment based on NXP iMX8QM launched by WPG Pin Jia allows users to operate both the digital dashboard and in-vehicle entertainment system independently with just one iMX8QM chip paired with a set of “power system, storage device, and memory chip,” significantly reducing development costs. It is worth mentioning that the i.MX8QM chip adopts NXP’s latest technology and has passed ISO26262 and ASIL-B certification in the automotive market, thus ensuring a higher safety level for the chip in vehicle systems. The i.MX8QM chip contains a Cortex-M4F core, which provides not only a flexible and fast startup mechanism but also a display fault transfer function.
Figure 1 – Block diagram of the dual operating system solution for automotive instrumentation and entertainment based on NXP technology launched by WPG Pin Jia
▌Core Technical Advantages
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Achieve high-speed multi-operating system platform deployment through advanced full-chip hardware virtualization and domain protection
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Deploy rich and complete independent graphics across 4x FHD screens or 1x 4K screen
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Ensure all displays are always operational with the SafeAssure® fault recovery display controller
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Integrate visual and voice recognition interaction through a powerful visual pipeline and audio processing subsystem
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Quickly deploy multiple products with pin, power-compatible packaging and software-friendly accurate IP blocks
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Supports Android™*, Linux®*, FreeRTOS, QNX™*, Green Hills®, Dornerworks* XEN™*
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Automotive AEC-Q100 Grade 3 (-40° to 125° C Tj), chip passes ISO26262, ASIL-B
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NXP’s 10 and 15-year long-term supply program for comprehensive support
Figure 2 – Scene application diagram of the dual operating system solution for automotive instrumentation and entertainment based on NXP technology launched by WPG Pin Jia
▌Solution Specifications
【Processor Complex】
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Core Complex #1: 4x Cortex-A53
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Core Complex #2: 2x Cortex-A72
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2x Cortex-M4F
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1x HIFI4 DSP
【Multimedia】
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16 Vec4-Shader GPU, 32 compute unit OpenGL* ES 3.0 and Vulkan* support hardware surface subdivision and geometry rendering
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Split GPU architecture supports 2x 8 shader cores
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Visual extension
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4k h.265 decoding, 1080p h.264 encoding
【Data Connectivity】
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2 x PCIe 3.0 (2 channels or 2 x 1 channel)
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Dual Gigabit Ethernet with audio video bridging (AVB)
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1 x MLB150, 3 x Flex-CAN
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2 x 12-bit ADC (8 channels each)
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1 x USB 3.0, 2 x USB 2.0, with PHY
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3 x SD 3.0 and eMMC 5.0
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4 x SPI, 2 x ESAI, 5 x SAI, 1 x keyboard
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5 x i2C (high-speed), 8 x i2C (low-speed)
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1 x SPDIF, 2x MPEG-2 T/S
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1 x FPGA interface (Quad SPI)
【Display】
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2 x display processing controllers, with online mixing and WARP
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SafeAssure fault recovery functionality (per DPC)
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2 x 4-channel MIPI DSI
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2 x 4-channel MIPI CSI
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2 x LVDS
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1 x HDMI* 2.0 TX, with HDCP* 2.2, 1 x eDP* 1.2, 1 x DP* 1.4
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1 x HDMI 1.4 RX, with HDCP 2.2
【Security】
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High-reliability boot, SHE
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TRNG, AES-128, AES-256, 3DES, ARC4, RSA4096, SHA-1, SHA-2, SHA-256, [MD-5]
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RSA-1024, 2048, 3072, 4096 and secure key storage
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Anti-tamper pins (active and passive)
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Online encryption engine (AES-128)
【Memory】
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64-bit LPDDR4 and DDR4 support
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1 x OctoSPI or 2 x QuadSPI
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SATA 3.0 (or 1 x PCIe 3.0 1 channel)
【Temperature】
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Automotive AEC-Q100 Grade 3 (-40° to 125° C Tj), industrial (-40° to 105° C Tj), consumer electronics (-20° to 105° C Tj)
【Advanced Power Management】
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Recommended PMIC: PF8200: Power management integrated circuit for i.MX 8 and i.MX 8X series
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