NXP launches S32 CoreRide platform to accelerate development of Software-Defined Vehicles

The NXP’s S32 CoreRide platform will address the struggles of automakers to move functions from the traditional multi-ECU to zoned or centralised processing due to software and architectural inconsistencies.

NXP S32 CoreRide platform
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NXP Semiconductors, a leading designer and manufacturer of chips, has announced the launch of its S32 CoreRide platform, which it says is the industry-first vehicle software platform that greatly simplifies complex vehicle architecture development and cuts costs for automakers and tier-1 suppliers. Thit it says will accelerate the development of the next-generation of Software-Defined Vehicles (SDV).

The S32 CoreRide platform brings together NXP’s S32 compute, networking, system power management and ready-to-deploy software from its extensive software partner ecosystem. It is also unveiling its first S32 CoreRide solution for central compute based on NXP’s new S32N family of vehicle super-integration processors. This it says offers safe and scalable combinations of real-time and applications processing as well as vehicle networking. 

The rise of SDVs introduces promising yet challenging paths forward. A new software-defined approach is imminent as upgradable features and new revenue streams are in demand across vehicle fleets. The proliferation of hardware-defined variants across different vehicle classes has become impractical to maintain in the modern vehicle architecture development flow.

The NXP’s S32 CoreRide platform will address the struggles of automakers to move functions from the traditional multi-ECU to zoned or centralised processing due to software and architectural inconsistencies. The new platform integrates NXP’s broad hardware portfolio with software from the world’s leading automotive experts across a comprehensive ecosystem, including Accenture ESR Labs, ArcherMind, Blackberry QNX, Elektrobit, ETAS, Green Hills Software, Sonatus, Synopsys, TTTech Auto, Vector Informatik, and Wind River as well as tier-1 suppliers like Valeo.

Leveraging the scalable S32 compute in the S32 CoreRide platform, OEMs can consolidate ECUs and develop flexible architectures, from domain to zonal to centralised, that scale across vehicle classes and generations. The platform provides the ability to isolate vehicle functions, helping to ensure freedom from interference between each application and dynamically re-allocate resources so applications do not degrade in performance as they evolve over time. This level of integration and flexibility advances carmakers and tier-1 suppliers to the next point in their development since they can now utilize the S32 CoreRide platform to put more focus on differentiation and the creation of application software for new business models.

“The automotive industry’s shift to software-defined vehicles presents unprecedented levels of disruption,” said Henri Ardevol, Executive VP and GM, Automotive Embedded Systems at NXP. “In the last decade, many industries have successfully adopted faster innovation cycles and effectively achieved higher performance at lower cost through tight integration of silicon and software. With NXP’s S32 CoreRide platform, automakers can now radically transform their approach to SDV development by adopting a much faster, open development path.”

The chipmaker says it is engaged with automakers and Tier 1s with initial offerings of the S32 CoreRide platform. The production vehicles leveraging S32 CoreRide capabilities are currently in development and the first production vehicles are expected to ramp up in 2027.

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