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Overview

Description

The R-Car M3Ne(-2G) can be used in a wide range of automotive applications requiring medium-class computing, including for example In-Vehicle Infotainment, low-end integrated cockpit, connected gateway, central server.
A 2GHz version (M3e-2G) is available, providing increased CPU power.
The R-Car M3Ne(-2G) is compliant with the ISO 26262 (ASIL-B) functionality safety standard for automotive and has enhanced security functions.

Features

  • Compliant with ISO 26262 (ASIL-B) functionality safety standard for automotive
  • Optimized functions and performance enable use in a wide range of applications
  • Compatibility with previous products enables use of the existing ecosystem and access to over 180 R-Car Consortium partners

Specifications

  • Product Name (Part Number)
    • R-Car M3Ne (R8A779M4)
    • R-Car M3Ne-2G (R8A779M5)
  • Power Supply Voltage: 3.3V/1.8V (IO), 1.1V (LPDDR4), 0.9V (core)
  • CPU Core
    • Arm® Cortex®-A57 Dual
    • Arm® Cortex®-R7 Dual Lockstep
  • Cache Memory
    • Arm® Cortex®-A57 Dual
      • L1 instruction cache: 48KB
      • L1 operand cache: 32KB
      • L2 cache: 1MB
    • Arm® Cortex®-A57 Dual
      • L1 instruction cache: 32KB
      • L1 operand cache: 32KB
      • L2 cache: 512KB
    • Arm® Cortex®-R7 Dual Lockstep
      • L1 instruction cache: 32KB
      • L1 operand cache: 32KB
  • External Memory
    • LPDDR4-SDRAM
    • Maximum operating frequency: 1600MHz
    • Data bus width: 32 bits x 1 ch (12.8GB/s x 2)
  • 3D Graphics: Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR® Series 6XT GE7800
  • Video
    • Display out x 3 ch
    • Video input x 8 ch
    • Video codec module (H.265, H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, VC-1, etc.)
    • IP conversion module
    • Up and down scaling, 1-D LUT/3D-LUT/1D-Histogram/2D-Histogram, color conversion, super resolution, rotate, ordered dithering, sharpness, lossless compression/decompression, lossy compression
    • TS interface x 2 ch
    • Stream and security processor
    • Distortion compensation module x 4 ch (IMR-LX4)
  • Audio
    • Audio DSP
    • Sampling rate converter × 10 ch
    • Serial sound interface × 10 ch
  • Storage Interfaces
    • USB 3.0 host interface (DRD) × 1 port (wPHY)
    • USB 2.0 host interface × 1 port (wPHY)
    • USB 2.0 host/function/OTG interface × 1 port (wPHY)
    • SD host interface × 4 ch (SDR104)
    • Multimedia card interface × 2 ch
    • PCI Express 2.0 (1 lane) x 2 ch
  • In-car Network and Automotive Peripherals
    • Media local bus (MLB) interface × 1 ch (3-pin interface)
    • Controller Area Network (CAN-FD support) interface × 2ch
    • Ethernet AVB 1.0-compatible MAC built in
    • Interface: RGMII
    • Ethernet AVB (802.1BA)
      • IEEE802.1BA
      • IEEE802.1AS
      • IEEE802.1Qav
      • IEEE1722
  • Security
    • Crypto engine (AES, DES, Hash, RSA) x 2 ch
    • System RAM
  • Other Peripherals
    • SYS-DMAC x 48 ch, real-time-DMAC x 16 ch,
    • Audio-DMAC x 32 ch, audio (peripheral)-DMAC x 58 ch
    • 32-bit timer x 41 ch
    • PWM timer × 7 ch
    • I2C bus interface × 8 ch
    • Serial communication interface (SCIF) × 11 ch
    • SPI multi I/O bus controller (RPC) × 1 ch (HyperFlash™/QSPI support)
    • Clock-synchronized serial interface (MSIOF) × 4 ch (SPI/IIS)
    • Digital radio interface (DRIF) × 4 ch
  • Low Power Mode
    • Dynamic power shutdown
    • AVS (Adaptive Voltage Scaling), DVFS (Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling), DDR-SDRAM power supply backup mode
  • Package: 1022-pin Flip chip BGA (29mm x 29mm, 0.8mm pitch)
  • Development Environment: ICE for Arm CPU available from tool vendors
  • Evaluation Board: A user system development reference platform with the following features is also available to enable the users to carry out efficient system development.
    • Incorporates car information system-oriented peripheral circuits, providing users with an actual device verification environment.
    • Can be used as a software development tool for application software, etc.
    • Allows easy implementation of custom user functions.
  • Software Platform
    • Support OS: Linux, Android™, QNX® Neutrino® RTOS, Integrity® etc.
    • OpenGL ES3.1 3D graphics library, wide variety of H.265, H.264, MPEG-4 and VC-1 for video compliant with OpenMAX IL I/F in addition to BSPs compliant with OSs standard API are available to realize complete system concept.

Arm and Cortex are registered trademarks of Arm Limited.
PowerVR is a trademark of Imagination Technologies Limited.
Android is a registered trademark from Google Inc.
QNX, neutrino and Blackberry are trademarks from BlackBerry Limited, and are used with permission from QNX Software System Limited.
Green Hills Software and INTEGRITY are trademarks or registered trademarks of Green Hills Software, Inc. in the U.S. and/or internationally.
HyperFlash is a trademark of Spansion LLC in the United States and other countries.
All names of other products or services mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Comparison

Applications

  • In-Vehicle Infotainment
  • Low-end integrated cockpit
  • Connected gateway
  • Central server

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Software & Tools

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Type Title Date
Software & Tools - Evaluation Software Log in to Download ZIP 234.00 MB
Software & Tools - Software Log in to Download ZIP 185.76 MB
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Software & Tools - Other Log in to Download ZIP 165 KB
Software & Tools - Other Log in to Download ZIP 428.12 MB
Software & Tools - Other Log in to Download ZIP 3.67 MB
Software & Tools - Evaluation Software Log in to Download ZIP 2.35 MB
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