NXP Semiconductors has acquired OmniPHY, a provider of automotive Ethernet subsystem technology, although financial details were not disclosed.
The company’s background includes automotive Ethernet, a technology which enables the rapid data transfer required for autonomous driving. OmniPHY’s technology, combined with NXP’s portfolio and heritage in vehicle networks, positions NXP to deliver the next-generation of data transfer solutions to carmakers.
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New advanced autonomous driving systems will require gigabit data speeds and beyond. Current plans for next-generation vehicles call for eight or more cameras, high definition radar, lidar and V2X capability, all of which generate steep data challenges for current car networks.
These requirements, combined with the modern vehicle’s need to offload data to enable the new business opportunities of the connected car, will soon make terabyte levels of data processing commonplace.
“One of the vexing questions of the autonomous age is how to move data around the car as fast as possible,” said Strategy Analytics Global Automotive Practice executive director, Ian Riches.
“Cameras and displays will ramp the number of high-speed links in the car to 150m by 2020 and by 2030 autonomous car systems will aggressively drive that number to 1.1bn high-speed links.”
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By GlobalDataAs the self-driving ecosystem works to deliver on emerging automotive data requirements, many have turned to enterprise networking solutions as a stopgap measure for testing. Long-term solutions will need to be automotive grade and of a size and weight which make their implementation feasible. NXP says its acquisition of OmniPHY, which has already begun to translate 1000BASE-T1 Ethernet for the automotive space, will give it a significant position in this rapidly evolving area.
“Our heritage in vehicle networks is rich and with our positions in CAN, LIN and FlexRay, we hold a viewpoint on automotive networks,” said NXP Automotive Ethernet Solutions VP and general manager, Alexander Tan.
“The team and technology from OmniPHY give us the missing piece in an extensive high-bandwidth networking portfolio.”
OmniPHY is a pioneer in high-speed automotive Ethernet IP and automotive qualified IP for 100BASE-T1 and 1000BASE-T1 standards.
During its six-year history, it has worked with some of the largest consumer companies in the world and has developed first-silicon-right solutions for emerging markets such as automotive and industrial Ethernet.
OmniPHY interface IP and communication technology along with NXP’s automotive portfolio will form a one-stop shop for automotive Ethernet. The companies’ technology synergies will centre on 1.25-28Gbps PHY designs and 10-, 100- and 1000BASE-T1 Ethernet in advanced processes.
“We are very excited to join NXP – a leader in automotive electronics, for a front-row seat to the autonomous driving revolution, one that will deliver profound change to the way people live,” said OmniPHY CEO, Ritesh Saraf.
“The combination of our teams and technology will accelerate and advance the delivery of automotive Ethernet solutions providing our customers with automotive Ethernet innovation.”
